GR No. L-30786 – 127 SCRA 512 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Perfected Contract of Sale Olegario Clarin was the owner of a 10-hectare land in Carmen, Bohol. The same was said to be his share from the other co-owners. In 1959, he executed a Contract of […]
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G.R. No. L-32694; G.R No. L-33119 – 115 SCRA 63 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Execution of Compromiso de Venta is not tantamount to “Possession” – Indefeasibility of a Torrens Title In 1956, Fidel Silvestre filed for a homestead application for a parcel of land he’s been […]
G.R. No. 133250 – 433 Phil. 506 – 384 SCRA 152 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Lands of the Public Domain The Public Estates Authority (PEA) is the central implementing agency tasked to undertake reclamation projects nationwide. It took over the leasing and selling functions of […]
G. R. No. 156888 – 507 SCRA 283 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Spanish Titles Inadmissible as Evidence In 1994, Victoria Rodriguez inherited a parcel of land from his father. She leased the land to Pedro Santiago and Armando Mateo for a period of 50 years. […]
G.R. No. 173775; G.R. No. 167707 – 568 SCRA 164 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Regalian Doctrine – Land Classifications – Boracay Cases – Positive Act by the Government in Reclassifying Lands – No Acquisitive Prescription in Inalienable Lands These are two consolidated cases. G.R. No. […]
G.R. No. 135385 – 347 SCRA 128 (400 Phil. 904) – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – IPRA Law vis-à-vis Regalian Doctrine Former Justice Isagani Cruz, a noted constitutionalist, assailed the validity of the Republic Act No. 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA Law) on the […]
G.R. No. L-2746 – 7 Phil. 132 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine On June 23, 1903, Mateo Cariño went to the Court of Land Registration (CLR) to petition his inscription as the owner of a 146 […]
G.R. No. L-56483 – 129 SCRA 513 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Contract of Sale – Efficacy – Need to Register Sale in the Registry of Deeds – PD 1529 Tomas de Vera was the owner of two parcels of land in Tondo, Manila. In 1961, de Vera […]
G.R. No. L-36249 – 135 SCRA 557 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Contract of Sale – Ownership – Rescission of a Sales Contract – Unjust Enrichment On November 21, 1964, Chan Lin offered to buy 170 cavans of rice from Aniceto Sandoval at P37.25/sack (P6,332.50). Sandoval agreed; so […]
G.R. No. L-56449 – 153 SCRA 412 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Essence of Registration in General Jose Ching et al and the Spouses Cesar and Araceli Alvarado were disputing possession over a parcel of land. Ching averred that the Alvarados encroached upon their land. An […]
G.R. No. 128609 – 421 SCRA 338 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Contract to Sell vs Contract of Sale In March 1973, Douglas Anama and PSBank (Philippine Savings Bank) entered into a Contract to Buy whereby Anama gets to buy back his parents’ land which was foreclosed […]
G.R. No. 125088 – 427 SCRA 196 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Constructive Delivery; Signing of the Deed of Sale In 1984, Lagrimas Boy needed money for her brother’s placement fee to go abroad. She then borrowed P15k from spouses Isagani and Erlinda Ramos. In 1986, Lagrimas executed […]
G.R. No. 152526 – 444 SCRA 250 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Perfected Contract of Sale; Meeting of Minds Remedial Law – Civil Procedure – Material Allegations in the Complaint -Real Action vs Personal Action Juan Jose Jordana wrote a letter to Madeliene Bunye offering that he will buy […]
G.R. No. 123672 – 477 SCRA 666 – Civil Law – Law on Sale – Contract to Sell vs Contract of Sale – Right of Rescission; Failure to Pay Purchase Price In March 1972, El Dorado Plantation, Inc. (El Dorado), through its board member Lauro Leviste, executed a Deed of Sale […]
G.R. No. 145470 – 477 SCRA 173 – Civil Law – Law on Sale – Elements of Sale; Purchase Price – Manner of Payment Essential in a Contract of Sale In 1983, Cruz executed a Kasunduan with the Gloriosos for the consideration of the rear portion of a 223 sq. m. […]
G.R. NO. 155043 – 439 SCRA 649 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Option Money vs Earnest Money – Sale of Conjugal Property Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Sale of Conjugal Property Arturo and Esther Abalos were husband and wife. They own a parcel of land […]