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Miguel Mapalo, Et Al. vs. Maximo Mapalo, Et Al.

MIGUEL MAPALO, ET AL., petitioners, vs. MAXIMO MAPALO, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-21489 and L-21628 | 1966-05-19

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

The spouses Miguel Mapalo and Candida Quiba, simple illiterate farmers, were registered owners, with Torrens title certificate O.C.T. No. 46503, of a 1,635 - square-meter residential land in Manaoag, Pangasinan. Said spouses-owners, out of love and affection for Maximo Mapalo - brother of Miguel who was about to get married - decided to donate the eastern half of the land to him. O.C.T. No. 46503 was delivered. As a result, however, they were deceived into signing, on October 15, 1936, a deed of absolute sale over the entire land in his favor. Their signature thereto were procured by fraud, that...