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Phil. National Railways vs. Court of First Instance of Albay, et al

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ALBAY, Branch I, presided by JUDGE ROMULO P. UNTALAN, CARMEN MYRICK, SALVACION MYRICK, CELSO MILLABAS, JOSEFINA MILLABAS, and CELERINA MILLABAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46943 | 1978-06-08

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This certiorari and prohibition case is about the parol evidence rule.
On September 28, 1971, Carmen Myrick, Salvacion Myrick, and Celso, Josefina and Celerina, all surnamed Millabas, filed in the Court of First Instance of Albay a complaint to annul a supposed conditional donation of two parcels of land located at Comun, Camalig, Albay, with areas of "47-52" and "1-25-00" square meters, a donation which they had allegedly made in 1963 to the Philippine National Railways (PNR).

The ground for the annulment was the alleged non-fulfillment of the five conditions of the donation (Civil Case No. 4507). No deed of...