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Nicolas vs. Reparations Commission

FRANCISCO J. NICOLAS, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE REPARATIONS COMMISSION and PEDRO PASTORAL, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-28649 | 1975-05-21

D E C I S I O N
 
ANTONIO, J:

The issue posed by this appeal on certiorari is whether the stipulation on venue that "all legal actions arising out of this contract . . . may be brought in and submitted to the jurisdiction of the proper courts in the City of Manila" is restrictive in the sense that suits on the contract can be filed only in the courts in the City of Manila, or merely permissive in that the parties may file their suits not only in Manila but also in the court where the defendant or plaintiff resides, at the election of the plaintiff.

The records show that sometime in 1959, plaintiff-appellant Francisco J. Nicolas...