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Manolet Lavides vs. Ernesto Pre & CA

MANOLET LAVIDES, petitioner, vs. ERNESTO B. PRE, in his personal and official capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Pasay City, the CITY SHERIFF OF PASAY CITY, VIMARCO, INC., and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 127830 | 2001-10-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals dated October 10, 1996, in CA-G.R. CV No. 47710. Said decision affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 61, in Civil Case No. 1719-G. Also for review is the Court of Appeals' resolution dated January 21, 1997, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The facts as found by the trial court and adopted by the appellate court are as follows:

Plaintiff Manolet Lavides purchased the six (6) properties, subject of this action, from the spouses Policarpio Castro and Natalia Dy Castro, who...