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Asuncion De Alvarez Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ASUNCION JUANIR VDA. DE ALVAREZ, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, and JOSEFA ALMEDA (Deceased) NOW HER HEIRS, Namely: FREDISVINDA A. CONSUNJI, ANGELITA A. CRUZ, EMMANUEL M. ALMEDA, ERLINDA A. CHIKIANCO, ZENAIDA A. ROXAS, BENJAMIN A. ALMEDA, DOMINADOR M. ALMEDA, JR., and ERMELO M. ALMEDA, represented by ERMELO M. ALMEDA, respondents.

G.R. No. 110970 | 1994-03-16

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The main issue for resolution is whether Lot 129 at Penefrancia Avenue, Naga City, with an area of 510 square meters, was actually sold by Asuncion Juanir Vda. de Alvarez to Josefa Almeda or merely mortgaged to secure a loan.

In a complaint for "Recovery of Possession" filed on January 30, 1981, with the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, plaintiff Josefa Almeda alleged that, as the registered owner of the said Lot 129, she leased a 170 square-meter portion thereof, including the building erected on it, to defendant Asuncion Juanir Vda. de Alvarez for a monthly rental of P900.00; that the defendant...