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Pedro Lim vs. Perfecto Jabalde

PEDRO LIM, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PERFECTO JABALDE, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 36786 | 1989-04-17

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The present appeal was certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals in a Resolution dated 5 April 1973 as it involves only questions of law.

An action for specific performance was commenced by Pedro Lim 1 on 29 August 1968 against defendant-appellee Perfecto Jabalde before the Court of First Instance of Cebu, to compel the latter to execute a deed of reconveyance or repurchase covering seven (7) parcels of land 2 situated in Labangon, Cebu City.

Defendant-appellee seasonably filed his Answer to the complaint and thereafter, a pre-trial was held where the parties entered into a Stipulation of Facts, 3...