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Gregorio vs. Crisologo

ANECITA GREGORIO, PETITIONER, VS. MARIA CRISOLOGO VDA. DE CULIG, THRU HER ATTORN EY-IN-FACT ALFREDO CULIG, JR., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 180559 | 2016-01-20

D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
The issues in this petition are neither novel nor complicated. Petitioner questions the ruling of the Court of Appeals that tender of payment is not a requisite for the valid exercise of redemption, and that the failure of counsel to file a motion for reconsideration does not amount to gross negligence.

Respondent Maria Crisologo Vda. De Culig (respondent) is the widow of Alfredo Culig, Sr. (Alfredo). During his lifetime, Alfredo was granted a homestead patent under the Public Land Act (C.A. 141) over a 54,730-square meter parcel of land (the property) in Nuangan, Kidapawan, North Cotabato.[1]...