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Manuel D. Melotindos vs Melecio Tobias

MANUEL D. MELOTINDOS, petitioner, vs. MELECIO TOBIAS, represented by JOSEFINA PINEDA, respondent.

G.R. No. 146658 | 2002-10-28

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

EIGHTY-SEVEN - year old petitioner, Atty. Manuel D. Melotindos, was the lessee of the ground floor of a house at No. 577 Julio Nakpil Street in Malate, Manila. He had been renting the place since 1953 on a month-to-month basis from its owner, respondent Melecio Tobias, who was then residing in Canada.

Sometime in the last quarter of 1995, owing to his sickly mother who needed constant medical attention and filial care, respondent demanded from petitioner either to pay an increased rate of monthly rentals or else to vacate the place so he and his mother could use the house during her regular medical...