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Q: What courts have jurisdiction over cases filed in Metro Manila in an action for Interpleader to
determine who between the defendants is entitled to receive the amount of P190,000.00 from the
plaintiff?
An action for interpleader to determine who between the defendants is entitled to receive the
amount of P190,000.00 falls within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila
(Sec. 33 of BP 129, as amended by RA No. 7691; Makati Dev. Corp. vs. Tanjuatco, 27 SCRA
401).
Q: A lost the cashier’s check she purchased from XYZ Bank. Upon being notified of the loss. XYZ
Bank immediately issued a “STOP PAYMENT” order. Here comes B trying to encash that same
cashier's check but XYZ Bank refused payment. As precautionary measure, what remedy may XYZ
Bank avail of with respect to the conflicting claims of A and B over the cashier’s check? Explain.
XYZ Bank may file a complaint for interpleader so that the court may resolve the conflicting
claims of A and B over the cashier’s check.
a. in an action where defendants' respective claims are separate and distinct from each other.
b. in an action by a bank where the purchaser of a cashier's check claims it was lost and another
person has presented it for payment.
c. in an action by a lessee who does not know where to pay rentals due to conflicting claims on
the property.
d. in an action by a sheriff against claimants who have conflicting claims to a property seized by
the sheriff in foreclosure of a chattel mortgage. "
(a), Under the Rules, whenever conflicting claims upon the same subject matter are or may be
made against a person who claims no interest whatever in the subject matter, or an interest which
in whole or in part is not disputed by the claimants, he may bring an action against the conflicting
claimants to compel them to interplead and litigate their several claims among themselves. (Rule
62, Sec.1, Rules of Court). Undoubtedly, if the defendants‟ respective claims are separate and
distinct from each other, an action for interpleader is not proper.