Practice question
For an ordinary personal action against a resident defendant, which generally supplies the plaintiff’s Rule 4 choice of venue?
- The residence of the plaintiff or a principal plaintiff, or of the defendant or a principal defendant
- Only the residence of any witness
- Any place where counsel has a bank account
- Only the place where the contract was printed
- Only the national capital
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Rule 4 sections 1–4, real and personal actions, nonresidents and exceptions; Rule 8 section 12, timely venue defense.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1969/oct1969/gr_l-27033_1969.html — Polytrade Corp. v. Blanco, G.R. No. L-27033, October 31, 1969, permissive versus exclusive venue stipulation; current procedural requirements read from amended Rules.
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