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Jose L. Talens Vs. Felipe Garcia, Et Al. 087 Phil 173

JOSE L. TALENS, petitioner, vs. FELIPE GARCIA and THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3734 | 1950-08-14

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

In October, 1943, Felipe Garcia filed a complaint, (1) to annul the deed of sale executed by Laureano Estefanio in favor of his CO- defendant Jose L. Talens involving a parcel of land (a homestead) in Laur, Nueva Ecija, (2) to compel Laureano Estefanio to convey the property to him, and (3) to recover damages. It appears that after selling the lot of Felipe Garcia in 1938, Estefanio sold it again to Jose L. Talens in 1943. Talens contended in his answer that the first sale to Garcia was void because it violated a prohibition in the Public Land Act. After hearing the parties, the Court of First Instance of...