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[2/2] Tala Realty Services Corp vs Banco Filipino

[2/2] TALA REALTY SERVICES CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, respondent.

G.R. No. 137533 | 2002-11-22

We next deal with the jurisdictional issues. The Court of Appeals held that the RTC of Malolos did not err in ruling that the MTC of Malolos did not have jurisdiction to determine two issues in the present case: (1) jurisdiction to determine the nature of the contractual relations between the parties, i.e., whether lessor-lessee or trustor-trusee; and (2) jurisdiction to determine the validity of the 20-year and 11-year contracts.

Anent the first jurisdictional issue, the MTC of Malolos had jurisdiction to determine the contractual relations between the Bank and Tala in order to settle the issue of ownership and possession of the subject...