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Benigno Salvador vs Jorge Ortoll

BENIGNO M. SALVADOR, petitioner, vs. JORGE Z. ORTOLL, respondent.

G.R. No. 140942 | 2000-10-18

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

What is before us is an appeal via certiorari to set aside the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals annulling the order of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 163, Pasig City which granted the issuance of a writ of execution in Civil Case No. 64798.[2]

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Respondent Jorge Z. Ortoll was the owner of a three-bedroom condominium unit at Alexandra Apartments in Pasig, Metro Manila. In December 1992, respondent Ortoll and petitioner Benigno M. Salvador entered into an option to purchase agreement which, for and in consideration of two hundred thousand (P200,000.00) pesos, granted...