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Godinez, Vicente , et al. Vs. Fong Pak Luen, et al.

VICENTE GODINEZ, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. FONG PAK LUEN, ET AL., defendants, TRINIDAD S. NAVATA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-36731 | 1983-01-27

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The plaintiffs filed this case to recover a parcel of land sold by their father, now deceased, to Fong Pak Luen, an alien, on the ground that the sale was null and void ab initio since it violates applicable provisions of the Constitution and the Civil Code.

The order of the Court of First Instance of Sulu dismissing the complaint was appealed to the Court of Appeals but the latter court certified the appeal to us since only pure questions of law were raised by the appellants.

The facts of the case were summarized by the Court of Appeals as follows:

"On September 30, 1966, the plaintiffs filed a...