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Pleasantville Dev Corp vs CA, Wilson Kee, et al

PLEASANTVILLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, WILSON KEE, C.T. TORRES ENTERPRISES, INC. and ELDRED JARDINICO, respondents.

G.R. No. 79688 | 1996-02-01

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Is a lot buyer who constructs improvements on the wrong property erroneously delivered by the owner's agent, a builder in good faith? This is the main issue resolved in this petition for review on certiorari to reverse the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals[2] in CA-G.R. SP No. 11040, promulgated on August 20, 1987.

By resolution dated November 13, 1995, the First Division of this Court resolved to transfer this case (along with several others) to the Third Division. After due deliberation and consultation, the Court assigned the writing of this Decision to the undersigned ponente.

The Facts

The facts,...