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Tortona vs. Gregorio

TEODORO C. TORTONA, RODRIGO C. TORTONA, PEDRO C. TORTONA, ERNESTO C. TORTONA, AND PATRICIO C. TORTONA, PETITIONERS, V. JULIAN C. GREGORIO, FLORENTINO GREGORIO, JR., ISAGANI C. GREGORIO, CELEDONIA G. IGNACIO, TEODOCIA G. CHAN, LEONILA G. CAAMPUED, CONCORDIA G. MIJARES, ROMEO C. GREGORIO, EDNA S. TAN, NELIA S. REYES, CECILIA S. FRIEDMAN, LAMBERTO SUANTE, JULIUS SUANTE, CORAZON YASAY-GREGORIO, DONALDO Y. GREGORIO, ELMER Y. GREGORIO, AND ROY JOHN Y. GREGORIO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 202612 | 2018-01-17

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Documents acknowledged before a notary public are presumed to have been duly executed. This presumption may be contradicted by clear and convincing evidence. A notarized Deed of Absolute Sale where the thumbmark of a party is shown to be a forgery is void.
 
This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure praying that the assailed Court of Appeals July 9, 2012 Decision[2] in CA-G.R. CV No. 91767 be reversed and set aside. This assailed Decision reversed and set aside the May 31, 2005 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of...