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Joaquin Lafont Vs. Maria Yia Pascasio ***

JOAQUIN LAFONT, plaintiff-appellant, vs. MARIA YIA PASCASIO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 1556 | 1905-12-07

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

On the 13th day of November, 1899, the appellant, Joaquin Lafont, was the owner of an undivided half of the building known as the Philippine Theater, in Manila, and the appellee, Maria Yia Pascasio, was the owner of the other half. On the day named these parties made a contract, the seventh, eight, and ninth clauses of which are as follows:

"7. Don Antonio de Elizalde e Isusi en nombre de Don Joauin Lafont y Pon vende en este acto a Dona Maria Yia Pascasio en el concepto de libre de toda carga y gravamen la expresada mitad del edificio denominado 'Teatro Filipino,' que queda deslindado en el parrafo de este...