Case Digests

  APOLONIO EGAO AND BEATRIZ EGAO, petitioners vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (NINTH DIVISION), SEVERO DIGNOS AND SEVERO BONTILAO , respondents G.R. No. L-79787 |   June 29, 1989   FACTS: Private respondents Severo Dignos and Severo Bontilao filed a verified complaint for Quieting of Title and/or Recovery of Possession and Ownership before the RTC of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, against petitioners Apolonio and Beatriz Egao.   Private respondents alleged that they are the legitimate owners and possessors of two (2) parcels of land (Lot Nos. 661 and 662) situated at Lonocan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. The deed of absolute sale contained the following information:   1.                   Lot No. 662 is covered by OCT No. P-3559 Free Patent No. 298112 registered in the name of Apolonio Egao married to Beatriz Menosa 2.        ...

    LETICIA P. LIGON, petitioner v. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE CELIA LIPANA-REYES, Presiding Judge, Branch 81, Regional Trial Court of Quezon City,  IGLESIA NI KRISTO and the REGISTER OF DEEDS OF QUEZON CITY , respondents G.R. No. 107751 | June 1, 1995   FACTS: On 19 October 1990 respondent Iglesia ni Kristo (INK) filed with the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City a complaint for specific performance with damages against the Islamic Directorate of the Philippines (IDP)   INK alleged in its complaint that by virtue of an Absolute Deed of Sale dated 20 April 1989 IDP sold to it (2) parcels of land located at Tandang Sora. Stipulated in the deed of sale that the IDP, shall undertake to evict all squatters and illegal occupants in the property within (45) days from the execution of the contract. IDP failed to fulfill this obligation. Hence INK prayed that the trial court order IDP to comply with its obligation and asked for damages.   IDP all...

    ALFREDO SAJONAS and CONCHITA SAJONAS petitioners , vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, DOMINGO A. PILARES, SHERIFF ROBERTO GARCIA OF QUEZON CITY and REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MARIKINA , respondents G.R. No. 102377 |   July 5, 1996 FACTS: On September 22, 1983, the spouses Ernesto Uychocde and Lucita Jarin agreed to sell a parcel of residential land located in Antipolo, Rizal to the spouses Alfredo Sajonas and Conchita R. Sajonas. On August 27, 1984, the Sajonas couple caused the annotation of an adverse claim based on the said Contract to Sell on the title of the subject property. Upon full payment of the purchase price, the Uychocdes executed a Deed of Sale involving the property in question in favor of the Sajonas couple on September 4, 1984. The deed of absolute sale was registered almost a year after, or on August 28, 1985.   Meanwhile, it appears that Domingo Pilares (defendant-appellant) filed for collection of sum of money against Ernesto Uychocde. When Uy...

    VICTORIA LEGARDA, petitioner   vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, NEW CATHAY HOUSE, INC., THE HONORABLE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY, BRANCH 94, respondents G.R. No. 94457 | March 18, 1991   FACTS: The parties hereto entered into a lease agreement over a certain Quezon City property owned by petitioner Victoria Legarda. For some reason or another, she refused to sign the contract although respondent lessee, Cathay, made a deposit and a down payment of rentals, prompting the latter to file before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 94 a complaint against the former for specific performance with preliminary injunction and damages. The court a quo issued the injunction.   In the meantime, Legarda's counsel, noted lawyer Dean Antonio Coronel, requested a 10-day extension of time to file an answer which the court granted. Atty. Coronel, however, failed to file an answer within the extended period. His client was eventually decla...

    BIBLIA TOLEDO-BANAGA and JOVITA TAN, petitioners vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CANDELARIO DAMALERIO , respondent G.R. No. 127941 | January 28, 1999   FACTS: In an action for redemption filed by petitioner Banaga, the trial court declared that she had lost her right to redeem her property earlier foreclosed and which was subsequently sold at public auction to private respondent, Damalerio. Certificates of Title covering the said property were issued to private respondent over which petitioner Banaga annotated on March 3, 1983 a notice of lis pendens.   On June 11, 1992 petitioner Banaga tried to redeem the subject property by depositing with the trial court the amount of redemption which was financed by her co-petitioner Tan. Private respondent opposed the redemption arguing that it was made beyond the time given to her by the court in the earlier case. However, the lower court issued an order on August 7, 1992 upholding the redemption and ordered the Re...