JURI SDI CTI ON S EBE v s .S EV I L L A
FACTS:
TheRTC di s mi s sedt hecasef orl ac kofj ur i sdi ct i on ov e rt hes ubj ectma t t erc ons i der i ngt hatt he ul t i mat er el i eft hatSebessoughtwasr econveyanceoft i t l eand possessi on overt wol ot st hathad t ot al a s s es s e dv al ueo fl P20,000.00. e s st han Sebes fil ed a mot i on f orr econsi der at i on.Theypoi nt ed outt hatt heRT RTC mi st akenl y cl assi fied t hei ract i on as one i nvol vi ng t i t l et o orpossessi on ofr ealpropert y when i nf acti twas case f or an annul mentoft hedocument sand t i t l est hatdef endantsevi l l agot .Si ncesuch an act i on f orannul ment wasi ncapabl eofpec uni ar ye s t i ma t i on,i tsquar e l yf e l lwi t hi nt hej ur i sdi ct i onoft heRTC. I S S UE :
Whe t herornott heSebes sact i oni nv ol v i ngt het wol ot sv al uedatl es st han P. 20, 000f al l swi t hi n t hej ur i s di c t i o no ft heRTC. HELD:( Juri sprudence)
TheSebe ssact i oni nv ol v i ngt het wol ot sv al ue datl e sst hanP .20, 000doe snotf al lwi t hi nt he j ur i sdi ct i onoft heRTC. I no nec as ee nt i t l e d Copi ,i ti nvol vest hereconveyanceofl andt heassessedval ueofwhi chwas oso al l egedl yP3, 770. 00.TheSupreme meCourtrul edt hatt hecasecomp mprehended mor et han j ustt het i t l et o, po s s e s si o no f ,o ra nyi nt e r e s ti nt her e a lpr o pe r t y .I ts o ug htt heannul me nto fc o nt r a c t s ,r e c o nv e y a nc eo r speci fic perf or mance,and a cl ai m f ordamages .I n ot herwor ds,t her ehad been a j oi nderofc ausesof a c t i o n,s o me meo fwhi c hwe r ei nc a pa bl eo fpe c uni a r ye s t i ma t i o n.Co ns e q ue nt l y ,t hec a sepr o p e r l yf e l lwi t hi n t hej ur i s di c t i o no ft heRTC. Bef orethe Huguet e,c ancel l at i on oft i t l es,decl arat i on ofdeeds ofsal e as nul land voi d and pa r t i t i o n we r ea c t i o nsi nc a pa bl eo fpe c uni a r ye s t i ma t i o n. HOWE n ar ecentcaseent i t l ed Spouses WEVER,i thej uri sdi ct i on overact i onsoft hi snat ur e,sai dt heRT RTC,dependedon t he Huguet evs .SpousesEmb mbudo v al uat i onoft hepr oper t i e s.I nt hi sc as e,t heMTC hadj ur i sdi c t i onbe c aus et heas se ss e dv al ueoft hel ot s di dnotexcee dP20,000. 00. ( Law) HELD: TheSe be ssact i on i nv ol v i ngt het wol ot sv al ued atl e sst han P.20, 000 doesnotf al lwi t hi nt he j ur i sdi ct i onoft heRTC. Thel aw pr ov i desSEC.33.Jur i sdi c t i on ofMe t r opol i t an Tr i alCour t s,Muni ci palTr i alCour t sand Muni ci palCi r cui tTri alCourt si n Ci vi lCases -Me Met ropol i t an Tri alCourt s,Muni ci palTri alCourt sand Muni c i pa lCi r c ui tT r i a lCo ur t ss ha l le x e r c i s e : ( 3)Ex c l us i v eo r i g i nalj ur i s di c t i o ni n al lc i v i lac t i o nswhi c hi nv ol v et i t l et o ,o rpo ss e ss i o no f ,r e al pr opert y ,oranyi nt er estt her ei n wher et he assessed val oft hepr o p e r t yori nt e r e s tt he r e i n do e sno t ue
excee d Twent yt housand pesos ( P20, 000. 00)or ,i n ci vi lact i onsi n Met r o Mani l a,wher esuch assesse d v al uedoe snote xcee dFi f t yt housandpes os( P50, 000. 00) . He r e ,t het o t a la s se s s e dv a l ueo ft het wol o t ss ubj e c to ft hes ui ti sP9, 910. 00.Cl e a r l y ,t hi samo unt doesnotexceedthej uri sdi ct i onalt hr eshol dval ueofP20, 000. 00fixedbyl aw.Theot herdamagest hatt he Sebescl ai m aremer el yi nci dent alt othei rmai nact i on and,t her ef ore,areexcl udedi nt hecomput at i on of t hej ur i s di c t i o na la mo unt .
