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Simeon A. Villa Vs. Jose Santiago 038 Phil 157

SIMEON A. VILLA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE SANTIAGO, administrator of the estate of Monica Cuenca, deceased, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 11470 | 1918-04-04

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J .:

Plaintiff in this action seeks to recover nine parcels of land situated in and about Bacoor, some of which are salt fields (salinares), some urban lots, and others agricultural lands, together with damages for their detention, from the defendant administrator of the estate of a woman, named Monica Cuenca, who died in April, 1913, leaving behind her minor children, the youngest of whom was about 6 years of age at the time of her death.

Plaintiff bases his action on the terms of an instrument purporting to be a deed of sale of these lands to himself for the sum of P2,000, executed by the widow on December 29,...