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Bardillon vs Barangay Masili of Calamba, Laguna

DEVORAH E. BARDILLON, petitioner, vs. BARANGAY MASILI of Calamba, Laguna, respondent.

G.R. No. 146886 | 2003-04-30

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 regional trial courts, regardless of the value of the subject property. 

The Case 

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the January 10, 2001 Decision and the February 5, 2001 Resolution of the Court of Appeals[2] (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 61088. The dispositive part of the Decision reads: 

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the present [P]etition for [C]ertiorari is hereby DENIED DUE COURSE and accordingly DISMISSED, for lack of...