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De los Santos vs. De la Cruz

GERTRUDES DE LOS SANTOS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO DE LA CRUZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29192 | 1971-02-22

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

VILLAMOR, J:

Direct appeal to this Court on questions of law from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch IX, in its Civil Case No. Q-8792.

From the record of this case, we cull the following salient facts: On May 21, 1965, Gertrudes de los Santos filed a complaint for specific performance against Maximo de la Cruz, alleging, among others, that on August 24, 1963, she and several co-heirs, including the defendant, executed an extrajudicial partition agreement (a copy of which was attached to the complaint) over a certain portion of land with...