Practice question
A2026 publiciana involves property assessed at PHP380,000 plus PHP1 million claimed damages. No special rule applies. Do the damage allegations alone move original jurisdiction to the RTC?
- Yes; damages always replace assessed value.
- Yes; the complaint's largest number always controls.
- No; because no court can hear possession disputes.
- No; the relevant assessed value remains within the first-level threshold.
- Yes; every publiciana is incapable of pecuniary estimation.
Legal references
- RA11576 Sections1-2, current assessed-value allocation: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
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