Questão jurídica principal
Whether the condominium owner defendant was passively legitimized in the action for appointment of an external administrator.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Although such claims are generally directed against the condominium association, the equal 50/50 split and deadlock made it appropriate to treat the individual co-owners as passively legitimized.
Fundamentação extraída
The association consisted only of the parties, who could not reach unanimity. Requiring suit against the association would be artificial because the plaintiffs and defendant stood on opposite sides of the very dispute.