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Mindanao Development Authority vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, now the SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and FRANCISCO ANG BANSING, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49087 | 1982-04-05

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

Petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 48488-R, entitled: "Mindanao Development Authority, etc., plaintiff-appellee, versus Francisco Ang Bansing, defendant-appellant", which reversed the decision of the Court of First Instance of Davao and dismissed the complaint filed in Civil Case No. 6480 of the said court.

It is not disputed that the respondent Francisco Ang Bansing was the owner of a big tract of land with an area of about 300,000 sq.m., situated in Barrio Panacan, Davao City. On February 25, 1939, Ang Bansing sold a portion thereof, with an...