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In Re: Maria Bautista Vda. De Reyes, Et Al. vs. Martin De Leon

IN RE: PETITION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF TITLE IN THE VENDEES OF A HOUSE AND THE RIGHTS TO A LOT. MARIA BAUTISTA VDA. DE REYES, ET AL., vendees, petitioners-appellees, RODOLFO LANUZA, vendor, vs. MARTIN DE LEON, intervenor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-22331 | 1967-06-06

D E C I S I O N 


REGALA, J.: 

Rodolfo Lanuza and his wife Belen were the owners of a two-story house built on a lot of the Maria Guizon Subdivision in Tondo, Manila, which the spouses leased from the Consolidated Asiatic Co. On January 12, 1961, Lanuza executed a document entitled "Deed of Sale with Right to Repurchase" whereby he conveyed to Maria Bautista Vda. de Reyes and Aurelia R. Navarro the house, together with the leasehold rights to the lot, a television set and a refrigerator in consideration of the sum of P3,000. The deed reads: 

"DEED OF SALE WITH RIGHT TO REPURCHASE 

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: 

"That...