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Severina Rosales, Et Al. Vs. Leocadio S. Tanseco, Et Al. 090 Phil 496

SEVERINA ROSALES and PUREZA CONGZON, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. LEOCADIO S. TANSECO, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-4135 | 1951-11-29

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Samar, dismissing the plaintiffs' complaint mainly on the ground of prescription. The order was issued upon motion of the defendants, who pointed out that the action sought the annulment of certain documents, the latest of which had been executed in 1936, i. e. more than ten years before the institution of the proceedings.

The complaint, filed in May 1947, is divided into three causes of action and makes the following material averments.

Plaintiffs are the widow and daughter, respectively, of Eustaquio Congzon, who owned with his wife a...