05 Monsanto v Lim

Monsanto v. Lim “Filing the appropriate initiatory pleading and the payment of the prescribed docket fees vest a trial court with  jurisdiction over the subject  jurisdiction subject matter.” matter.”wred wred Flordelis Menzon !egional "irector of the #ome "evelopment Mutual Fund $%ag&'(')* re+uested the intervention of ,-ecutive udge Monsanto of the !egional /rial 0ourt of 0atbalogan 1amar on the alleged anomalous auction sale conducted by 1heri2 '3 Lorenzo "e )uzman. 4ccording 4ccording to %ag& %ag&'(') '(') "e )uzman previously acceded to its re+uest to move the date of the auction sale to anuary 56 56678 however to its surprise the sale proceeded proceeded as originally scheduled on anuary 9: 5667. %ag&'(') also claimed that the winning bid of Leoncio Lim in the amount of %:66666.66 was grossly disadvantageous to the government considering considerin g that the outstanding loan obligations of the mortgagor ,duardo Monsanto was more than the bid amount. ,-ecutive udge Monsanto refrained from acting on the letter considering that ,duardo is his relative8 instead he re&assigned re&assigned the same to udge ;sman. !/0conducted a hearing8 4tty. 0esar Lee argued on behalf of %ag&'(')8 and %ascual Monsanto appeared on behalf of ,duardo. ,duardo. udge ;sman noted that no formal petition or complaint complaint was actually ce of the 0ourt 4dministrator for further action. %ascual