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Francia vs. Intermediate Appellate Court et al. 162 SCRA 753

ENGRACIO FRANCIA, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and HO FERNANDEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-67649 | 1988-06-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The petitioner invokes legal and equitable grounds to reverse the questioned decision of the Intermediate Appellate Court, to set aside the auction sale of his property which took place on December 5, 1977, and to allow him to recover a 203 square meter lot which was sold at public auction to Ho Fernandez and ordered titled in the latter's name.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Engracio Francia is the registered owner of a residential lot and a two-story house built upon it situated at Barrio San Isidro, now District of Sta. Clara, Pasay City, Metro Manila. The lot, with an area of about 328 square...