Practice question
An ordinary ownership-recovery action filed in 2026 concerns a parcel assessed at exactly P400,000. No special jurisdictional rule applies. Which court level has original jurisdiction?
- RTC because exactly P400,000 exceeds the ceiling
- The proper first-level court because the assessed value does not exceed P400,000
- Court of Appeals as the initial trial court
- CTA because valuation is mentioned
- Only the land registrar
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 434
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html — RA 11576, sections 1–2
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jun2023/gr_256924_2023.html — Spouses Veloso v. Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc., G.R. No. 256924, June 14, 2023
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/nov2012/gr_169380_2012.html — G.R. No. 169380, distinction among ejectment, publiciana and ownership recovery
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