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Jose L. Lopez vs. Enrique L. S. Villaruel

JOSE L. LOPEZ, as Judicial Administrator of Intestate Estate of the late Magdalena Jimenea and his own behalf and LOLITA V. LOPEZ, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. ENRIQUE L. S. VILLARUEL, JAVIER L. S. VILLARUEL and MARIA LUISA VILLARUEL de LUZURIAGA, accompanied by her husband, CLAUDIO R. DE LUZURIAGA, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-54323 | 1988-08-19

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The Court upholds the Orders * of the then Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, dated 5 May 1971, dismissing Civil Case No. 9651 for Specific Performance and Damages, which case, on appeal to the Court of Appeals, was elevated to us by that Court on pure questions of law.

The controversy revolves around a contract of lease of three (3) subdivision lots entered into in 1955 between the spouses Domingo Lopez and Magdalena Jimenea (now deceased), as Lessees (plaintiff-appellants herein), and Enrique L. S. Villaruel, Javier L. S. Villaruel and Maria Luisa Villaruel de Luzuriaga, as Lessors...