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Felix Molina Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

FELIX MOLINA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and BASILISA MANJON, respondents.

G.R. No. L-14524 | 1960-10-24

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J. B. L., J.:

In Civil Case No. 2796 of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, plaintiff Basilisa Manjon, claiming ownership over a parcel of land described in the complaint, sought to recover the possession thereof from defendant Felix Molina. Defendant Felix Molina filed his answer denying the material averments of the complaint, and by way of affirmative defense and "cross-complaint" (counter-claim) alleged that the land in question was sold to him by plaintiff around the year 1938 (which was formalized before a Notary in 1943), and that he has been in continued possession thereof since 1938. Defendant,...