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Candida B. Munez vs. Court of Appeals

CANDIDA BAGAMASPAD MUNEZ and SEVERINO MUNEZ, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, GERMAN ECHAVEZ and CRESENCIANA CANOY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46010 | 1987-07-23

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition for certiorari seeks to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed the order of the then Court of First Instance of Lanao del Norte granting the petition for relief prayed for by the petitioners, on the ground that the petition was filed beyond the reglementary period provided in Section 3, Rule 38 of the Revised Rules of Court.

Way back in 1947, petitioner Candida B. Muñez executed a deed of sale pacto de retro over two parcels of agricultural land in favor of private respondent German Echavez for P3,500.00. The period for repurchase was fixed at two years and...