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Laureta Trinidad Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court

LAURETA TRINIDAD, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and VICENTE J. FRANCISCO, respondents. Ramon A. Gonzales for petitioner. Raymundo T. Francisco for R.J. Francisco. Siquia Law Offices for respondents Trinidad J. Francisco & Rosario F. Kelemen.

G.R. No. 65922 | 1991-12-03

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The house looked beautiful in summer but not when the waters came. Then it was flooded five feet deep and less than prepossessing, let alone livable.

Disenchanted, the buyer sued the seller for the annulment of the sale and damages, alleging fraud.

The house was Bungalow No. 17, situated at Commonwealth Village in Quezon City, and belonged to the late Vicente J. Francisco. Sometime in early 1969, Laureta Trinidad, the petitioner herein, approached him and offered to buy the property. Francisco was willing to sell. Trinidad inspected the house and lot and examined a vicinity map which indicated drainage canals...