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Adelaida S. Maneclang Vs. Juan T. Baun, Et Al.

ADELAIDA S. MANECLANG, in her capacity as Administrator of the Intestate Estate of the late Margarita Suri Santos, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN T. BAUN and AMPARO S. BAUN, ET AL., defendants. CITY OF DAGUPAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27876 | 1992-04-22

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The issue presented in this case is the validity of a sale of a parcel of land by the administrator of an intestate estate made pursuant to a petition for authority to sell and an order granting it which were filed and entered, respectively, without notice to the heirs of the decedent.

The records disclose that on 12 June 1947, Margarita Suri Santos died intestate. She was survived by her husband Severo Maneclang and nine (9) children. On 30 July 1947, a petition for the settlement of her estate was filed by Hector S. Maneclang, one of her legitimate children, with the Court of First Instance at Dagupan...