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Eduardo Villanueva vs. Lorenzo Mosqueda

EDUARDO VILLANUEVA, petitioner, vs. JUDGE LORENZO MOSQUEDA, Court of First Instance of Pampanga, San Fernando Branch VII, and HEIRS OF BASILIO BONIFACIO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-58287 | 1982-08-19

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This case is about the venue of an ejectment suit. In the supplementary lease agreement of August 19, 1970 executed between Basilio Bonifacio as lessor and Eduardo Villanueva as lessee regarding Bonifacio's house located at 329-31 Lakandula Street Extension, Tondo, Manila, it was stipulated that if the lessor violates the contract, he can be sued in Manila and if the lessee violates the contract, he can be sued in Masantol, Pampanga. Bonifacio resided at Masantol. Villanueva resided in Tondo (p. 23, Rollo).

In June, 1980, the heirs of Bonifacio filed an ejectment suit against Villanueva in the municipal...