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Dionisio Gomez vs. Marcelo Gealone

DIONISIO GOMEZ, FE GOMEZ, JUAN GEALONE, LUZ GOMEZ, AQUINO GUETA, DIONISIO GOMEZ, JR., LYDIA ANGELES, MILAGROS GOMEZ, EMILIO T. TRAILGALGAL, CESAR GEALONE, AMADA GOMEZ, RICARDO MANDANAS, ROSE GOMEZ, CONSOLACION ESPELA, NORMA GOMEZ, and CORAZON GOMEZ, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. MARCELO GEALONE, LUCIA G. ESBER, ZOILO ESBER, ODEN BONTIGAO, HONORATO BONTIGAO, BENITO GEALONE, CESAR GEALONE, SEVERINO GERONA, TITO GERMEDIA, AURELIO GOBRIS, NEMESIO FORTES, PONCIANO GOBRIS, FLOSERFIDA GONA, and GORGONIO BONTIGAO, defendants-appellants. Benjamin C. Gratela for plaintiffs-appellees. Mario G. Fortes for defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-58281 | 1991-11-13

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

May a sheriff's sale on execution of properties of a judgment debtor be set aside after the period of redemption had expired on the ground that either the properties are exempt from execution or that their value is grossly in excess of the judgment debt and costs, thereby resulting in an iniquitous transaction
amounting to a deprivation of property without due process of law?

This is the principal issue in this case which was spawned by the trial court's denial of a motion to set aside an execution sale filed six (6) months after the lapse of the one-year redemption period. The denial order was appealed to...