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Justina Cosipe Sigaya, et al. vs. Diomer Mayuga, et al.

JUSTINA COSIPE SIGAYA, ROMEO, FELY, TOMAS, BERNARDO, LEDA, ANASTACIO, ERLINDA, ROSA,TERESITA, EDWIN and HELEN, all surnamed SIGAYA, Petitioners, versus DIOMER MAYUGA, JOSE VIVA and ROSELA VIVA, HONORATO DE LOS SANTOS and RENATO DISTOR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 143254 | 2005-08-18

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

The question of whether or not a person is a purchaser in good faith is a factual matter that will generally be not delved into by this Court especially when the findings of the trial court on the matter were affirmed by the Court of Appeals (CA). Settled as this rule may be, petitioners now come before this Court seeking an exception to the general rule. 

The facts are as follows: 

Dionisia Alorsabes owned a three hectare land in Dao, Capiz, denominated as Lot 3603. In 1934, she sold a portion of the lot to Juanito Fuentes while the remainder was inherited by her...