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Campillo, Sostenes vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

SOSTENES CAMPILLO, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and ZENAIDA DIAZ VDA. DE SANTOS, in her capacity as Administratrix of the Intestate Estate of the late SIMPLICIO S. SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56483 | 1984-05-29

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the defunct Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 62842-R issued on March 9, 1981, the only issue is whether who has a better right or title to the herein disputed two (2) parcels of land - Simplicio Santos who earlier purchased them in a private sale but failed to register his sale, or petitioner Sostenes Campillo who subsequently purchased them at an execution sale and obtained a certificate of title.

The pertinent undisputed facts, may be summarized as follows: On February 27, 1961, Tomas de Vera and his wife, Felisa Serafico sold two (2) parcels...