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Aurora Alcantara-Daus vs. Spouses Hermoso & Socorro De Leon

AURORA ALCANTARA-DAUS, petitioner, vs. Spouses HERMOSO and SOCORRO DE LEON, respondents.

G.R. No. 149750 | 2003-06-16

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

While a contract of sale is perfected by mere consent, ownership of the thing sold is acquired only upon its delivery to the buyer. Upon the perfection of the sale, the seller assumes the obligation to transfer ownership and to deliver the thing sold, but the real right of ownership is transferred only "by tradition" or delivery thereof to the buyer.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the February 9, 2001 Decision and the August 31, 2001 Resolution of the Court of Appeals[2](CA) in CA-GR CV No. 47587. The dispositive portion of the...