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Leoncio Lee Tek Sheng vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

LEONCIO LEE TEK SHENG, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. ANTONIO J. FINEZA, and LEE TEK SHENG, respondents.

G.R. No. 115402 | 1998-07-15

D E C I S I O N

MARTINEZ, J:

After his mother's death, petitioner 1 filed a complaint against his father, herein private respondent, to partition the conjugal properties of his parents. 2 In his answer with counterclaim, private respondent alleged that four (4) parcels of land registered solely in petitioner's name under Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) 8278 are conjugal properties. Private respondent contends that the lots are owned by the conjugal regime but was registered in petitioner's name only as a trustee considering that at that time, the latter was then the only Filipino citizen in the family. Accordingly, private...