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Cheesman vs. Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC)

THOMAS C. CHEESMAN, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and ESTELITA PADILLA, respondents. Estanislao L. Cesa, Jr. for petitioner. Benjamin I. Fernandez for private respondent.

G.R. No. 74833 | 1991-01-21

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

This appeal concerns the attempt by an American citizen (petitioner Thomas Cheesman) to annul for lack of consent on his part the sale by his Filipino wife (Criselda) of a residential lot and building to Estelita Padilla, also a Filipino.

Thomas Cheesman and Criselda P. Cheesman were married on December 4, 1970 but have been separated since February 15, 1981. 1

On June 4, 1974, a "Deed of Sale and Transfer of Possessory Rights" was executed by Armando Altares conveying a parcel of unregistered land and the house thereon (at No. 7 Neptune Street, Gordon Heights, Olongapo City) in favor of "Criselda P....