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T & C Development Corp. Vs. Ca And Eligio De Guzman

T & C DEVELOPMENT CORP., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ELIGIO DE GUZMAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 118381 | 1999-10-26

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition to review on certiorari the decision of the Court of Appeals,[1] dated December 15, 1994, affirming with modification the dismissal by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 5, Manila, the complaint for ejectment which petitioner had filed against private respondent.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner T & C Development Corporation is the owner-lessor of an apartment building at 433 P. Gomez Street, Quiapo, Manila, while private respondent Eligio de Guzman is the lessee of a unit of said apartment for which he paid a monthly rental of P700.00. On the ground floor, private respondent maintains...