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Testate Estate of Concordia T. Lim vs. City of Manila

TESTATE ESTATE OF CONCORDIA T. LIM, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CITY OF MANILA, JESUS I. CALLEJA, in his capacity as City Treasurer of Manila, NICOLAS CATIIL, in his capacity as City Assessor of Manila, and/or GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 90639 | 1990-02-21

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 29 dismissing a complaint for a "sum of money and/or recovery of real estate taxes paid under protest" which was certified and elevated to this Court by the Court of Appeals as a case involving pure questions of law.

On February 13, 1969, the late Concordia Lim obtained a real estate loan from the defendant-appellee Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in the amount of P875,488.54, secured by a mortgage constituted on two (2) parcels of land formerly covered by Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. 64075 and 63076 (later...