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Barangay San Roque, Talisay Cebu vs Heirs of Francisco Pastor

BARANGAY SAN ROQUE, TALISAY, CEBU, petitioner, vs. Heirs of FRANCISCO PASTOR, namely: EUGENIO SYLIANCO, TEODORO SYLIANCO, ISABEL SYLIANCO, EUGENIA S. ONG, LAWRENCE SYLIANCO, LAWSON SYLIANCO, LAWINA S. NOTARIO, LEONARDO SYLIANCO JR. and LAWFORD SYLIANCO, respondents.

G.R. No. 138896 | 2000-06-20

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

An expropriation suit is incapable of pecuniary estimation. Accordingly, it falls within the jurisdiction of the regional trial courts, regardless of the value of the subject property. 

The Case 

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the March 29, 1999 Order1 [Penned by Judge Jose P. Soberano Jr.] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City (Branch 58) in Civil Case No. CEB-21978, in which it dismissed a Complaint for eminent domain. It ruled as follows: 

"Premises considered, the motion to dismiss is hereby granted on the ground that this Court has no...