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Leonardo Acabal, et al. vs Villaner Acabal, et al

LEONARDO ACABAL and RAMON NICOLAS, Petitioners, versus VILLANER ACABAL, EDUARDO ACABAL, SOLOMON ACABAL, GRACE ACABAL, MELBA ACABAL, EVELYN ACABAL, ARMIN ACABAL, RAMIL ACABAL, and BYRON ACABAL, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148376 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


CARPIO MORALES, J.: 

Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the February 15, 2001 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals reversing that of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dumaguete City, Branch 35.[2] 

In dispute is the exact nature of the document[3] which respondent Villaner Acabal (Villaner) executed in favor of his godson-nephew-petitioner Leonardo Acabal (Leonardo) on April 19, 1990. 

Villaner's parents, Alejandro Acabal and Felicidad Balasabas, owned a parcel of land situated in Barrio Tanglad, Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, containing an area of 18.15 hectares more or less,...