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2005-07-28 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| An indispensable party is a party in interest without whom no final determination can be had of an action,[15] and who shall be joined either as plaintiffs or defendants.[16] The joinder of indispensable parties is mandatory.[17] The presence of indispensable parties is necessary to vest the court with jurisdiction, which is "the authority to hear and determine a cause, the right to act in a case".[18] Thus, without the presence of indispensable parties to a suit or proceeding, judgment of a court cannot attain real finality.[19] The absence of an indispensable party renders all subsequent actions of the court null and void for want of authority to act, not only as to the absent parties but even as to those present.[20] | |||||