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Natividad Venus-Sangciangco vs. Diosdado Sangciangco, Et Al.

NATIVIDAD VENUS-SANGCIANGCO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. DIOSDADO SANGCIANGCO, CAMILA C. SUSON, VIRGINIA CRUZ, MODESTO VALERO, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MANILA and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF NUEVA ECIJA, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-16219 | 1962-04-28

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, C.J.

On July 16, 1951, (amended October 22, 1951) plaintiff filed an action against her husband and the other defendants to obtain a decree of judicial separation of their conjugal properties, and to annul certain sales made by him to them. She alleged her husband had abandoned her since 1919 and had unlawfully disposed of the properties. 

The husband answered, alleging that their separation since 1924 was due to her infidelity; and that the properties he had sold to the other defendants belonged to him exclusively. The other defendants, in their answer, gave reasons sustaining the validity of the...