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Plaridel Sotto vs. Quintillana Samson 115 Phil. 710

PLARIDEL SOTTO, ETC., petitioner-appellant, vs. QUINTILLANA SAMSON (SANSON), respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-16917 | 1962-07-31

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, C.J.: 

This is a review of this judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu in a litigation which began with a complaint of Quintillana Samson (Sanson) to annul the sale of a lot executed by her in favor of defendant Vicente Sotto. She alleges that, as her attorney, Sotto had taken advantage of her financial difficulties and mental weakness and of the confidence she had reposed in him. 

As special defenses, Sotto averred that the action had already prescribed; that judicial license had been granted her to dispose of said lot; that there was due...