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Garcia, Mariano , et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MARIANO GARCIA and Spouses HERMAN SANTOS and ARSENIA GARCIA, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF EUGENIO DE JESUS, namely, DOMICIANO, JESUS, JOSEFINA and AURELIO, all surnamed DE JESUS, PETRA BUENAVENTURA, CLARA GATMAITAN VDA. DE ANTONIO, ARCADIO FLORES and NATIVIDAD ANTONIO, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-49644-45 | 1984-07-16

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is a controversy about a parcel of unregistered land with an area of 581 square meters located at Barrio Parulan, Plaridel, Bulacan, assessed at P930. It was the conjugal property of the spouses Eugenio de Jesus and Petra Buenaventura acquired on November 6, 1966 with earnings from their drugstore business.

On March 26, 1969, De Jesus, 92, while suffering from a cataract, signed a supposed deed whereby he exchanged that land for the 3,600 square meters of riceland, the proindiviso share of his tenant, Mariano Garcia, 58, covered by OCT No. 3915. De Jesus allegedly signed She deed on the understanding...