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Perla Hernandez vs. Pedro C. Quitain

ERLA HERNANDEZ, petitioner, vs. HON. PEDRO C. QUITAIN and ERNESTA M. VALDEMORO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48457 | 1988-11-29

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari interposed by defendant Perla Hernandez seeks the reversal of the decision rendered by the Court of First Instance of Masbate, Branch II in Civil Case No. 464-II which allowed plaintiff, Ernesta Manlapaz-Valdemoro, as co-owner, to exercise the right of legal redemption pursuant to Articles 1620 and 1623 of the Civil Code.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Petitioner Perla Hernandez bought a parcel of land covering an area of 46.40 square meters from Sancho Manlapaz, for P3,000.00. The lot, located in the poblacion of Baleno, Masbate, was originally part of a larger...