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SUNNY MOTORS SALES, INC. vs. HONORABLE CA, HONORABLE JUDGE OSCAR L. LEVISTE, as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 97, Quezon City, and MS. LOLITA L. SANTIAGO

SUNNY MOTORS SALES, INC., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, HONORABLE JUDGE OSCAR L. LEVISTE, as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 97, Quezon City, and MS. LOLITA L. SANTIAGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 119900 | 2001-08-16

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal via certiorari seeking to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] affirming that of the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, Branch 97, denying petitioner's motion to dismiss the complaint for damages on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.

On September 9, 1994, respondent Lolita L. Santiago leased[2] from Ludivina L. Genito a portion of a 4,398 sq. m. property, situated at Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, which she used as warehouse for scrap metals. The parties stipulated that the lease was for a period of two (2) years, commencing on September 9, 1994, up to...