Tavora vs.
Veloso, 117 SCRA 613
September 30,
1982
FACTS:
Tavora, a
resident of Marikina MM, filed an ejectment case against Veloso, who leases at
former’s apartment in Quiapo, MM. City Court dismissed the complaint for lack
of jurisdiction due to failure of petitioner to bring the dispute first to the
barangay court for possible amicable settlement under PD No. 1508.
ISSUE:
Whether or not the barangay lupon has jurisdiction over the dispute between
Tavora and Veloso.
RULING:
Sec 2 of PD
1508 (Katarungang Pambarangay Law) states the condition which the lupon of the
barangay shall have authority to bring together the disputants for amicable
settlement of their dispute.
Sec 3 of said
PD states that the disputants must be actually residing in the same barangay or
in different barangays within the same city or municipality, it unequivocally
declares that the lupon shall have no authority over disputes involving parties
who actually reside in barangays of different cities or municipality, except
where such barangays adjoin each other.
