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Capilitan vs. de la Cruz, et al.

FLOR CAPILITAN, plaintiff-appellant, vs. VIRGINIA DE LA CRUZ, joined by her husband CANDIDO IGNACIO; THE LAND TENURE ADMINISTRATION; and THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, defendants-appellees. VIRGINIA DE LA CRUZ and CANDIDO IGN

G.R. No. L-29536-37 | 1974-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, C.J

Sometime in 1947 Virginia de la Cruz filed an application with the defunct Rural Progress Administration the agency then entrusted with the duty of screening prospective applicants-buyers of government-purchased estates offered for resale at cost to bonafide tenants and occupants for the purchase of 2 residential lots in Tondo, Manila, more particularly described as follows:

"A parcel of land known as Lot No. 19, Block No. 15, Nuestra Sra. de Guia Estate, Pcs-2557, containing an area of 49.4 square meters, more or less." and

"A parcel of land known as Lot No. 7, Block No. 1, Nuestra Sra. de Guia Estate,...