Julio L. Falcone and Makilito B. Mahinay For Petitioners. Adelino B. Sitoy For Private Respondent
Julio L. Falcone and Makilito B. Mahinay For Petitioners. Adelino B. Sitoy For Private Respondent
Julio L. Falcone and Makilito B. Mahinay For Petitioners. Adelino B. Sitoy For Private Respondent
REGALADO, J.:
From a decision rendered in favor of herein petitioners, as
plaintiffs, against herein private respondent, as defendant, in
an action for reconveyance in the then Court of First Instance
of Leyte, 1 which reads:
Wherefore, decision is hereby rendered in
favor of the plaintiffs and against defendant
declaring Lot No. 7429 of the Ormoc
Cadastre, situated at Bo. Dolores, Ormoc
City, with an area of 97,213 square meters,
more or less, as the conjugal property of the
deceased spouses, Juan Villagonzalo and
Felicisima Abella Villagonzalo hereby
ordering the cancellation of Transfer
Certificate of Title No. 4259 in the name of
Cecilia A. Villagonzalo and ordering the
Register of Deeds of Ormoc City to issue
another Transfer Certificate of Title in the
name of spouses Juan C. Villagonzalo and
Felicisima A. Villagonzalo, Filipinos, of legal
age, residents of Cebu City now deceased
and survived by the present plaintiffs and
defendants, each of whom upon payment of
the inheritance taxes with the BIR, shall be
entitled to 1/9 share of the land, subject to
claims by other heirs and creditors within a
period of two (2) years as provided for by the
Rules of Court, and further ordering the
partition of the said land within a period of
ninety (90) days from the finality of this
decision and if the parties cannot agree on
the partition this Court may appoint a
commissioner to partition the same without
pronouncement as to costs. 2
therein defendant appealed to the former Intermediate
Appellate Court which, in a decision 3 of the Second Civil
Cases Division in AC-G.R. No. 65128, reversed the appealed
judgment and dismissed the complaint for reconveyance.
Footnotes
1 Fifth Branch; Civil Case No. 1409-0.
2 Rollo,11-12.
3 Penned by Crisolito Pascual, J., with whom
concurred Serafin E. Camilon and Desiderio
P. Jurado, JJ.
4 Rollo, 12-13.
5 Rollo, Ibid.
6 Cuaycong, et al. vs. Cuaycong, et al., 21
SCRA 1193 (1967). See also Buencamino,
et al. vs. Matias, et al., 16 SCRA 849 (1966);
Araneta vs. Perez, et al., 17 SCRA 643
(1966); Pascual, et al., vs. Meneses, et al.,
20 SCRA 219 (1967); Julio vs. Dalandan, 21
SCRA 543 (1967); Fabian, et al., vs. Fabian,
et al., 22 SCRA 231 (1968); Escay, et al., vs.
Court of Appeals, et al., 61 SCRA 369
(1974).
7 Art. 1144 (2), Civil Code.
8 Ramos, et al. vs. Ramos, et al., 61 SCRA
284 (1974).
9 124 SCRA 377 (1983).