7/27/2019 Nilo h Raymundo vs Court of Appeals and Galleria de
Magallanes
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NILO H. RAYMUNDO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS,
SIXTEENTH DIVISION, HON. JUDGE, RTC, BR. 133, MAKATI, METRO
MANILA AND GALERIA DE MAGALLANES ASSOCIATION, INC.,
RESPONDENTS.
FACTS: It appears on record that the administrator of the
Galleria de
Magallanes Condominium discovered that petitioner Nilo Raymundo,
whowas an owner/occupant of Unit AB-122 of said condominium, made
an
unauthorized installation of glasses at the balcony of his unit
in violation ofArticle IV, Section 3 paragraph (d) of the Master
Deed and Declaration of
Restrictions of the Association.
Thereafter, the administrator of said condominium reported said
violation to
the Board of Directors of the private respondent Galleria de
MagallanesAssociation, Inc. in a special meeting and the former
sent a letter to thepetitioner demanding the latter to remove the
illegal and unauthorizedinstallation of glasses at his unit.
Petitioner refused, consequently, private respondent filed a
complaint for
mandatory injunction against petitioner with the Regional Trial
Court ofMakati.
Instead of an Answer, petitioner filed a Motion to Dismiss with
the trial court
on the ground that said court has no jurisdiction over the
present case sincea complaint for mandatory injunction is within
the exclusive original
jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Trial Court.
The Motion to Dismiss was denied.
This is now a petition alleging want of jurisdiction of the
trial court to hear
and decide private respondent's complaint for mandatory
injunctionconsidering that private respondent's sole pecuniary
claim of P10,000.00 asattorney's fees in Civil Case No. 90-490 is
within the original and exclusivejurisdiction of the Metropolitan
Trial Court as provided for under Section 33
of B.P. 129.
Issue:Whether or not the case falls under the jurisdiction of
the RTC
HELD:AFFIRMATIVE
The contention of the petitioner is devoid of merit because
private
respondents complaint is an action to compel the petitioner to
remove theillegal and unauthorized installation of glasses at Unit
AB-122 of the
