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Pajuyo vs. Court of Appeals

COLITO T. PAJUYO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and EDDIE GUEVARRA, respondents.

G.R. No. 146364 | 2004-06-03

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before us is a petition for review[1] of the 21 June 2000 Decision[2] and 14 December 2000 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 43129. The Court of Appeals set aside the 11 November 1996 decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 81,[4] affirming the 15 December 1995 decision[5] of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 31.[6]

The Antecedents

In June 1979, petitioner Colito T. Pajuyo ("Pajuyo") paid P400 to a certain Pedro Perez for the rights over a 250-square meter lot in Barrio Payatas, Quezon City. Pajuyo then constructed a house made of light...