Diana Barber v. Rolando Chua

Summary

This Supreme Court case involves an ejectment dispute between neighbors over structures built on a firewall. Respondent Rolando Chua sued petitioner Diana Barber for building part of her second floor house on his firewall without consent, causing property damage and preventing maintenance. The case progressed through multiple court levels, with jurisdiction challenges at each stage. The Supreme Court ultimately affirmed that ejectment remedies apply to dispossession of property structures including firewalls, that the complaint sufficiently alleged forcible entry by stealth, and that courts properly acquired personal jurisdiction through substituted service. The decision reinforces that property owners have rights to the entirety of their property including structures thereon, and establishes precedent for ejectment cases involving structural encroachments beyond traditional land or building dispossession.