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Dominga Salazar, Et Al. Vs. Fausto Jarabe 091 Phil 596

DOMINGA SALAZAR, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FAUSTO JARABE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4659 | 1952-07-11

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This was an action to recover a parcel of land having an area of 17,784 square meters and situated in the municipality of Pinamalayan, Province of Mindoro. This land was part of a tract of fourteen hectares covered by a certificate of title in the name of Margarito Afan, and was sold on May 18, 1926, and July 29, 1927, in two separate documents by Afan's widow to Gregorio Salazar, plaintiffs' parent. The rest or other portions of Afan's land, it seems, were acquired by Fausto Jarabe, the defendant, from Afan's heirs.

On a date on which the parties are in disagreement, Jarabe entered upon the possession of...