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Lea O. Camus Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

LEA O. CAMUS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CONRADO S. DAVID and DAVID MOTORS AND MARKETING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 102314 | 1993-05-26

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Both the trial and appellate courts construed the transaction effected between herein petitioner and private respondent on May 20, 1986 as an absolute sale of a piece of realty, but petitioner thinks otherwise, saying that it was a mere equitable mortgage. Hence, the petition at bar.

Respondent court briefly narrated the background of the case which petitioner did not bother to assail in her pleadings before this Court, thus:

On May 20, 1986, the parties, with plaintiff-appellant as vendor and defendant-appellee David Motors and Marketing Corporation (DMMC, for brevity) through its representative,...