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Atlas Developer & Steel Industries, Inc. vs. Sarmiento Enterprises, Inc., et al.

ATLAS DEVELOPER & STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC., petitioner, vs. SARMIENTO ENTERPRISES, INC., HON. CICERO C. JURADO, Regional Trial Judge, Pasig, Metro Manila, respondents.

G.R. No. L-64735 | 1990-04-05

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The legal issue raised in this petition for certiorari is whether the venue of the action was properly laid in the Court of First Instance at Pasig, Metro Manila.

On August 25, 1982, respondent Sarmiento Enterprises, Inc. filed in the Court of First Instance of Pasig, Metro Manila, a complaint for collection of the sum of P8,076 representing the cost of steel bars and MS plates purchased from it by the petitioner.

Instead of filing an answer, the petitioner filed on November 2, 1982, a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of improper venue because the sales invoice, which was made an...