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Gregorio De Guzman vs. Guillermo E. Santos, Et Al. 116 Phil. 1111

GREGORIO DE GUZMAN, petitioner, vs. GUILLERMO E. SANTOS, in his capacity as Executive Judge of Agrarian Relations, and MANUEL PANER, respondents.

G.R. No. L-16568 | 1962-11-30

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

Gregorio de Guzman (herein petitioner), was owner of a parcel of agricultural land (rice land), of about two (2) balitangs, situated in Antipolo, Rizal, admittedly the only property belonging to him. He was personally cultivating the land, when he mortgaged it in favor of his brother Florentino de Guzman, who, as creditor, had the land cultivated, thru his own tenants, one of whom was Nicolas Angeles, father-in-law of respondent herein, Manuel Paner, who, upon the former's death on May 21, 1957, succeeded him. 

Sometime in February, 1959, petitioner redeemed the land from his brother and expressed...