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Manuel O. Fuentes, et al. Vs. Conrado G. Roca, et al.

MANUEL O. FUENTES and LETICIA L. FUENTES, Petitioners, versus CONRADO G. ROCA, ANNABELLE R. JOSON, ROSE MARIE R. CRISTOBAL and PILAR MALCAMPO, Respondents

G.R. No. 178902 | 2010-04-21

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N 
 
ABAD, J.: 
 
This case is about a husband's sale of conjugal real property, employing a challenged affidavit of consent from an estranged wife. The buyers claim valid consent, loss of right to declare nullity of sale, and prescription. 
 
The Facts and the Case 
 
Sabina Tarroza owned a titled 358-square meter lot in Canelar, Zamboanga City. On October 11, 1982 she sold it to her son, Tarciano T. Roca (Tarciano) under a deed of absolute sale.[1] But Tarciano did not for the meantime have the registered title transferred to his name. 
 
Six years later in 1988, Tarciano...