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Severo Sales Vs. Court Of Appeals

SEVERO SALES, ESPERANZA SALES BERMUDEZ, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and LEONILO GONZALES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40145 | 1992-07-29

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioners seek to annul and set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming that of the then Court of First Instance of Tarlac, Branch III which upheld the validity of the deed of sale of a parcel of land executed by petitioner Severo Sales in favor of respondent Leonilo Gonzales.

Severo Sales owned an unregistered parcel of land in Bugallon, Pangasinan. Covered by Tax Declaration No. 5861, the property had an area of 5,733 square meters more or less. 1 On July 4, 1955, Sales mortgaged said property, together with two other parcels of land, to Faustina P....