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Eduardo Manlapat Vs. Simeon Salazar 098 Phil 356

EDUARDO MANLAPAT, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SIMEON SALAZAR, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-8221 | 1956-01-31

D E C I S I O N


REYES, A., J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, dismissing plaintiff's action for the recovery of a fishpond through annulment of certain contracts of lease and sublease. The appeal has been certified to this court on the ground that it involves only questions of law.

The material facts are not in dispute. The fishpond in question formerly belonged to three co-owners who had taken turns in leasing it to the same person, Bernardo Enriquez. The last lease was signed in 1931 and was to last "until June 1, 1967." After the death of Bernardo Enriquez, his widow, Esperanza Guillen,...