Practice question
A pleading primarily seeks recovery of ownership and possession of a parcel but is captioned a personal money dispute. The plaintiff insists the caption alone removes all real-action assessed-value requirements. Which is best?
- Examine the actual allegations and principal recovery relief rather than let the caption alone control.
- Any money caption necessarily overrides the actual ownership claim.
- The plaintiff may create subject-matter jurisdiction by labeling alone.
- A parcel becomes cash merely because the caption says so.
- Only the number of defendants determines the action's nature.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles434,583-590,622-624 and631: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- RA11576 Sections1-2, current assessed-value allocation: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
- Spouses Veloso v. BDO, G.R.256924, June14,2023, MAIN, assessed-value allegation and annexes in real actions: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jun2023/gr_256924_2023.html
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