UWIMANA v. LIN HAI QIAO LIN
The principal debt alone did not meet the jurisdictional threshold for the Intermediate Court, and moral damages and counsel fees not included in the contract could not be added to the value of the subject matter. Therefore, the Intermediate Court lacked jurisdiction, and the case must be submitted to the competent Primary Court.
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- Court jurisdiction
- Subject matter jurisdiction
- Valuation of claims
- Inclusion of damages and fees in claim value