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ISSUE #2: WON the RTC have jurisdiction over the complaint filed by the
FLOW OF THE CASE: Petitioners
1. RTC- Respondent Judge Vestil issued an order granting the
Motion Dismiss the Complaint filed by the Petitioner to annul the HELD:
DECLARATION OF HEIRS AND DEED OF CONFIRMATION
OF A PREVIOUS ORAL AGREEMENT OF PARITION. The court held that , where the basic issue is something other than
2. Petitioners- filed a Motion for Reconsideration of said order, the right to recover a sum of money, where the money claim is purely
alleging that the same is contrary to law because their action is incidental to, or a consequence of, the principal relief sought, this
not one for recovery of title to or possession of the land, but an Court has considered such actions as cases where the subject of the
litigation may not be estimated in terms of money, and are of the real property involved does not exceed P20,000 in Metro
cognizable exclusively by Regional Trial Court Manila, or P50,000.000 if located elsewhere. If the value exceeds
P20,000.00 or P50,000.00 as the case may be, it is the RTC which
have jurisdiction
BP 129 o However, in this case, the subject matter of the complaint is
While actions under Sec 33(3) of B.P 129, are also incapable of ANNULMENT OF A DOCUMENT,
pecuniary estimation, the law specifically mandates that they are
cognizable by the MTC, METC or MCTC, where the assessed value