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2009-06-05 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Contrary to the observation of the Court of Appeals, jurisdiction cannot be made to depend on the exclusive characterization of the case by one of the parties.[26] While respondents are questioning the validity or legality of the MLPAI's articles of incorporation and its by-laws, they did not, however, raise any legal ground to support its nullification. The legality of the by-laws in its entirety was never an issue in the instant controversy but merely the provision prohibiting multi-dwelling which respondents assert they did not violate.[27] So to speak, there is no justiciable controversy here that would warrant declaratory relief, or even an annulment of contracts. | |||||