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Bernarda Copon, Et Al. Vs. Fernando Umali, Et Al. 087 Phil 91

BERNARDA COPON and CECILIO COPON, petitioners, vs. FERNANDO UMALI and PURIFICACION ORBETA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-2588 | 1950-07-25

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.:

Crispulo Armando died shortly before the last war, leaving a piece of land of his exclusive ownership but no heirs except his widow, Bernarda Copon, and his brother, Doroteo Armando. On this land the widow had built a house with money of her own and planted 5 lanzon trees. Without benefit of judicial proceeding for the administration and partition of the decedent's estate, the widow sold the land and its improvements to her brother, Cecilio Copon, in 1942, while the aforesaid Doroteo Armando, on his part, sold the same land to the spouses Fernando Umali and Purificacion Orbeta in 1945. As was to be expected, a...