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Petra Hawpia vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

PETRA HAWPIA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and AURELIA ALTEA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-20047 | 1967-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


DIZON, J.: 

Appeal by certiorari taken by Petra Hawpia from the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. L-11849-R modifying that of the Court of First Instance of Quezon Province in Civil Case No. 5271 and sentencing her to pay Aurelia Altea the sum of P13,000.00 as actual and moral damages and P4,000.00 as attorney's fees. 

Briefly, the facts are the following: 

On August 2, 1932 Petra Hawpia purchased Lot No. 8610 of the Cadastral Survey of Atimonan, Tayabas (now Quezon) from Valeriano Neala for the sum of P490.00. The contract provided that Neala could repurchase the property within the period of...