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Virgilio A. Cadungog vs. Jocelyn O. Yap.

VIRGILIO A. CADUNGOG, Petitioner, versus JOCELYN O. YAP, Respondent.

G.R. No. 161223 | 2005-09-12

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 72761 which reversed and set aside the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Oslob, Cebu, Branch 62, in Civil Case No. OS-96-46. 

The Antecedents 

Franklin Ong and his sister, Jocelyn Ong-Yap, are first cousins of Virgilio Cadungog. Cresenciano Ong Aranas, the Municipal Mayor of Ginatilan, Cebu, from 1955 to 1978,[2] is their uncle. 

On August 17, 1979, Virgilio executed a Deed of Sale with Right of Repurchase[3] in which he sold to his cousin,...