Practice question
A complaint is titled Simple Collection, but its material averments and principal relief require deciding a different statutory class of controversy. The plaintiff argues that the title alone conclusively fixes the forum. Which is best?
- The heading always controls over every allegation
- Only the clerk’s filing category matters
- Examine the material allegations and real character of relief against the governing jurisdictional grant
- The defendant may rewrite the complaint by denial
- Every court may decide every statutory class
Legal references
- G.R.211089, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jul2023/gr_211089_2023.html
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