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Iluminado Hanopol Vs. Perfecto Pilapil117 Phil. 465

ILUMINADO HANOPOL, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PERFECTO PILAPIL, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-19248 | 1963-02-28

D E C I S I O N 


BARRERA, J.: 

This is a case of double sale of the same parcel of unregistered land decided by the Court of First Instance of Leyte (Civil Case No. 21) in favor of defendant-appellee Perfecto Pilapil, originally appealed by plaintiff-appellant Iluminado Hanopol to the Court of Appeals, but later certified to this Court for proper adjudication, the issues involved being exclusively of law. 

Appellant Hanopol claims ownership of the land by virtue of a series of purchases effected in 1938 by means of private instruments, executed by the former owners Teodora, Lucia, Generosa, Sinforosa and Isabelo, all surnamed...