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FLORDELIZA H. CABUHAT vs. THE HONORABLE CA, SPECIAL FIFTH DIVISION and MERCEDES H. AREDE

FLORDELIZA H. CABUHAT, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, SPECIAL FIFTH DIVISION and MERCEDES H. AREDE, respondents.

G.R. No. 122425 | 2001-09-28

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 32910 dated January 9, 1995, disposing as follows:

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the instant appeal is hereby GRANTED. The portion of the lower court's decision upholding appellee's mortgage lien is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE.

SO ORDERED.[1]

The undisputed facts as found by the respondent Court of Appeals:

Mary Ann Arede was barely three days old when appellant Mercedes Arede informally adopted her as the latter's own daughter. In December, 1972, appellant purchased a parcel...