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Cristeta Bautista, Et Al. Vs. Mangaldan Rural Bank, Inc.

CRISTETA BAUTISTA, REMEDIOS MEJIA-BADUA, CATALINA MEJIA, LAURETA MEJIA, ROSITA MEJIA, MILAGROS MEJIA, JUAN MEJIA, CANDIDA MEJIA, ADRIANA MEJIA, and FAUSTO MEJIA, petitioners, vs. MANGALDAN RURAL BANK, INC., THRU ITS PRESIDENT, DR. VICENTE JIMENEZ, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF PANGASINAN, EFREN RODRIGUEZ: and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 100755 | 1994-02-10

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari, praying that respondent court's decision 1 dated 29 January 1991, reversing the lower court's decision, and its resolution dated 13 May 1991 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration, be set aside and the lower court's decision dated 3 March 1986 be confirmed.

The facts, as narrated in the decision under review, are as follows:

". . . Plaintiff Cristeta Bautista mortgaged her conjugal share of 1/2 of the land covered by TCT No. 1507 for P2,000.00 to defendant Mangaldan Rural Bank on December 1975.

The inscription at the back of the title specifically states that...