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Hian vs. Lopez

LAO SENG HIAN, CHENG TO, and Y.S. WOO, petitioners-appellants, vs. NATIVIDAD ALMEDA LOPEZ, Judge of Municipal Court of Manila, and JOSE M. OCAMPO, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-1950 | 1949-05-16

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J p:

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the money claim at the rate of P5,250 a month, made in the complaint in action for unlawful detainer, removes the case from the jurisdiction of the municipal court. The Court of First Instance, on an application for certiorari to the municipal judge, ruled against the petitioner, defendant in the case for unlawful detainer and appellant herein.

The allegation in question reads:

"Que en vista de la negativa de los demandados de dejar el terreno y la casa o barong-barong construido en el mismo, el demandante sufre los daños y perjuicios de P5,250 al...