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Manuel Vs CA

This document summarizes a court case regarding the eviction of a tenant for non-payment of rent. The tenant claimed the landlords were refusing payment that had been deposited in the bank, but the court found the tenant did not properly deposit or notify the landlords of the funds as required by law. As there was no valid deposit of funds, called consignation, the tenant had not paid the rent and the landlords had cause for eviction after non-payment for over three months. The trial court and appellate courts all found in favor of the landlords' eviction case against the tenant.

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Manuel Vs CA

This document summarizes a court case regarding the eviction of a tenant for non-payment of rent. The tenant claimed the landlords were refusing payment that had been deposited in the bank, but the court found the tenant did not properly deposit or notify the landlords of the funds as required by law. As there was no valid deposit of funds, called consignation, the tenant had not paid the rent and the landlords had cause for eviction after non-payment for over three months. The trial court and appellate courts all found in favor of the landlords' eviction case against the tenant.

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AGAPITO MANUEL, petitioner, respondents allegedly refused to receive,

vs. had been deposited at United Coconut


HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. Planters Bank, Taft Avenue Branch, with
RAMON MAKASIAR and SPOUSES Account No. 8893 in the name of the
JESUS DE JESUS and CARMEN DE petitioner's son, Mario Manuel, and could
JESUS, respondents. be withdrawn upon notice of payment;
that in order to collect the said rentals
G.R. No. 95469, July 25, 1991 allegedly deposited with the bank, the
private respondents' counsel sent a letter
REGALADO, J.: dated August 14, 1987 to the petitioner,
requesting the payment of the unpaid
FACTS: rentals to his (private respondents'
counsel) office; that the said letter was
This case had its inception in a received by the petitioner on August 18,
complaint for ejectment filed by herein 1987, and, instead of complying with
private respondents against herein private respondents' counsel's request, the
petitioner before the Metropolitan Trial petitioner addressed a letter dated August
Court of Manila, for non-payment of 24, 1987 to the private respondents'
rentals on an apartment unit owned by counsel requesting that the rentals in
private respondents and rented by arrears be paid to the private respondents
petitioner. at petitioner's house. The private
respondents did not heed the petitioner's
The private respondents are the request.
owners of an apartment unit which was
rented by the petitioner on a month to MTC render its decision in favor of
month basis for a monthly rental of the private respondents. On appeal, both
P466.00 payable in advance; that the the RTC and the CA affirmed the decision
petitioner failed to pay the corresponding in toto, hence, this petition.
rentals for the month of May 1987 up to
the filing of the complaint on August 31,
1987; that on July 9, 1987, private
respondents, through their counsel, sent a ISSUE:
demand letter to the petitioner requiring
him to pay his rentals in arrears and to WON, private respondents Spouse De
vacate the leased premises within five (5) Jesus under the circumstances prevailing
days from receipt thereof, otherwise in this instant case, were really in mora
private respondents will be constrained to accipiendi that even if no deposit or
file the appropriate legal action against consignation had been made.
him; that the demand letter of private
respondents' counsel was received by the HELD:
petitioner on July 14, 1987; that in
response thereto, the petitioner addressed No, the contention of petitioner that
a letter dated July 15, 1987 to private private respondents are in mora
respondent Carmen de Jesus, furnishing a accipiendi cannot be upheld either. The
copy thereof to her counsel, stating that failure of the owners to collect or their
the amount of rentals, which the private refusal to accept the rentals are not valid

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defenses. Consignation, under such of action in favor of the private
circumstances, is necessary, and by this respondent lessors against the petitioner
we mean one that is effected in full lessee.
compliance with the specific requirements
of the law therefor.

Section 5(b) of Batas Pambansa Blg.


25, as amended, provides that in case of
refusal by the lessor to accept payment of
the rental agreed upon, the lessee shall
either deposit, by way of consignation, the
amount in court or in a bank in the name
of and with notice to the lessor. The
failure of herein petitioner to comply with
said requirement makes the consignation
defective and gives rise to a cause of
action for ejectment. Compliance with the
requisites of a valid consignation is
mandatory. It must be complied with frilly
and strictly in accordance with the law.
Substantial compliance is not enough.

From the earlier discussion, petitioner


evidently did not comply with the
requirements for consignation prescribed
by the governing law. Consequently, as
expounded by the Court of Appeals —

The failure of the petitioner to fully


and strictly comply with the requirements
of consignation as aforementioned,
renders nil his contention that the private
respondents have no cause of action
against him, As there was no valid
consignation, payment of the more than
three months rental arrearages was not
effected. Under Section 5(b) of B.P. Blg.
25, as amended, arrears in payment of rent
for three (3) months at any one time, is a
ground for judicial ejectment. For such
non-payment of the petitioner to the
private respondents of the monthly rentals
from May, 1987 until the case was filed on
August 31, 1987, or for more than three
(3) months, there therefore existed a cause

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