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Tomasa Arevalo Vs. Roberto A. Barreto 089 Phil 633

TOMASA AREVALO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO A. BARRETO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3519 | 1951-07-31

D E C I S I O N


FERIA, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila.

The facts are the following:

"On January 10, 1945, plaintiff Tomasa Arevalo sold her property described in the complaint (R. A., pp. 2-3) to the herein defendant Roberto Barretto for the sum of P60,000 Japanese war notes (mickey mouse) but it was made to appear in the documents of sale that the purchase price was P12,000 Philippine Currency.

"On the same date, a contract of lease was executed between the parties whereby the Vendor (Plaintiff Arevalo) was constituted a lessee of the property for and in...