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Fernandez vs The International Corporate Bank (now Union Bank)

OSCAR C. FERNANDEZ and NENITA P. FERNANDEZ, petitioners, vs. THE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE BANK, now UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES; and PREMIERE INSURANCE & SURETY CORP., respondents.

G.R. No. 131283 | 1999-10-07

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
A writ of replevin issued by the Metropolitan Trial Court of Pasay City may be served and enforced anywhere in the Philippines. Moreover, the jurisdiction of a court is determined by the amount of the claim alleged in the complaint, not by the value of the chattel seized in ancillary proceedings.
 
The Case
 
Spouses Oscar C. Fernandez and Nenita P. Fernandez challenge, via the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, the September 4, 1997 Decision[2] and the November 14, 1997 Resolution,[3] both issued by the Court of Appeals[4] in CA-GR SP No. 44409....