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Lucio Lucenta vs. Court of Bukidnon, etal.

LUCIO LUCENTA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BUKIDNON, BRANCH VI, as presided by HONORABLE EDUARDO DE G. MONTENEGRO, and RESTITUTO LUCENTA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39789 | 1988-06-20

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition originated from an action for recovery of possession instituted by the petitioner in the Court of First Instance of Bukidnon against the private respondent. At the pretrial, the issue was reduced to whether or not the property given by the petitioner in exchange for the private respondent's house consisted of only around 600 square meters or the whole of the petitioner's lot. Both parties admitted that they entered into an oral contract of barter. Both also belong to a cultural minority group. Initially, the petitioner insisted that only 600 square meters of his lot was offered in the...