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Sps. Nazario P. Penas, Jr. vs. CA, et al.

SPOUSES NAZARIO P. PENAS, JR., represented by ELPIDIO R. VIERNES, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and LUPO CALAYCAY, respondents

G.R. No. 112734 | 1994-07-07

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J p:

The only issue to be resolved in this ejectment case is whether or not the Metropolitan Trial Court had jurisdiction over the complaint filed by herein petitioner-spouses represented by their attorney-in-fact Elpidio R. Viernes.

The undisputed facts of the case as summed up by the trial curt and adopted by respondent Court of Appeals are as follows:

"Subject of this controversy [are the] premises identified as 24-B Scout Santiago Street, Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City, also identified as 26-B [South] D Street, Quezon City. It was the object of a written lease contract executed by the late Nazario Penas...