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Jose T. Tayoto, et al. vs. Heirs of Cabalo Kusop, et al.

REV./ATTY. JOSE T. TAYOTO, substituted by his heir, JULIETA ESPANTO VDA. DE TAYOTO, petitioner, vs. THE HEIRS OF CABALO KUSOP, namely HADJI LUCAYA CABALO VDA. DE RASIM, SALUDIN CABALO, MAMAGUS CABALO, MAMASALANGA CABALO, BIDALIA CABALO, KAMSIYA KAHAL, NANG CABALO, JALIPA KAHAL, IMA KAHAL, and ILON KAHAL, represented by HADJI LUCAYA CABALO VDA. DE RASIM; ROGELIO V. GARCIA and THE CITY OF GENERAL SANTOS as intervenors, and the INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, respondents.

G.R. No. 74203 | 1990-04-17

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C. J.:

In the instant petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the then Intermediate Appellate Court affirming the dismissal of the complaint for quieting of title/specific performance with preliminary injunction, the Court is confronted with the question of the validity of a donation in favor of an educational institution which was represented in the deed of donation by a lawyer who, thereafter, helped obtain a presidential proclamation declaring a portion of the donated parcel of land as disposable under the provisions of the Public Land Act.

On October 2, 1963, then President Diosdado Macapagal...