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Torres, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

HON. GUILLERMO E. TORRES, as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch VIII, THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, JAIME E. LAICO and LUZ LOS BANOS-LAICO, petitioners-appellants, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, JOSE CHIVI and A

G.R. No. L-25889 | 1973-01-17

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, J:

Appeal by certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 35677-R, dated 31 August 1965.

The facts as found by the Court of Appeals are as follows:

On 1 January 1955 the spouses Isidro Sierra and Antonia Magtaas sold a parcel of land to Marta E. Chivi, representing to her that the land was not registered either under the Land Registration Act or under the Spanish Mortgage Law and assuring her that although the land was covered by a pre-war free patent application, the application had not been approved and no patent had been issued. The Sierras made that assurance because Chivi was...