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Benito Arambulo Vs. Cua So, Et Al. 095 Phil 749

BENITO ARAMBULO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CUA SO and CUA PO CHOOH, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-7196 | 1954-08-31

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Aftermath of our Krivenko decision 1 is this action whereby plaintiff seeks to recover landed property he sold to the alien defendants. The facts are simple:

Before the Pacific War, plaintiff, a Filipino, was the owner of two parcels of land at Narra Street, Manila his title thereto being Transfer Certificate No. 59259 of the Manila Register of Deeds. On February 23, 1943 he sold the said parcels to the defendants, who are Chinese citizens. On January 28, 1948 he started these proceedings to revoke the sale and recover the properties, invoking the aforesaid Krivenko decision, the relevant portion of which...