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Soledad Provido vs. Octavio Acenas, etal.

SOLEDAD PROVIDO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. OCTAVIO ACENAS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CO. and DOLE (PHILIPPINES) INC., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-48610 | 1987-03-31

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This case was certified to Us by the Court of Appeals in its Resolution promulgated February 20, 1978 in CA-G.R. No. 50069-R 1 as the issues raised therein are purely legal.

Plaintiff-appellant Soledad Provido was granted a homestead patent over Lot No. 58, Pls-247-D, at Silway 7, Polomolok, South Cotabato, consisting of 79,986 sq. m. which is covered by OCT No. V-19264 issued by the Register of Deeds of Cotabato on October 1, 1954 under the Public Land Act.

On October 15, 1963, Soledad Provido sold said land to Octavio Acenas for the sum of P6,000.00 by means of a public document. In 1966, Acenas sold it to...