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Egg Development Corp. vs. Heirs of De Castro

EEG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND EDUARDO E. GONZALEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF VICTOR C. DE CASTRO (DECEASED), FRANCIS C. DE CASTRO, DON EMIL C. DE CASTRO, EGINO C. DE CASTRO, AND ANDRE C. DE CASTRO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 219694 | 2019-06-26

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, C.J.:
 
This case concerns the purchase of a registered parcel of land which is being assailed as void for the lack of authority of the seller to sell, and the buyers putting forth the defense that they were innocent purchasers for value.
 
The Case

Petitioners appeal to reverse and set aside the adverse decision promulgated on April 28, 2015,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgment rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 217, in Quezon City on February 11, 2011 annulling the sale between petitioners and Joseph L. De Castro, Sr. covering the registered parcel of land and its...