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Stella Zablan vs. CA, et al.

STELLA ZABLAN, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, and SPOUSES AUGUSTO & REMEDIOS LEONARDO, private respondents.

G.R. No. L-57844 | 1987-09-30

D E C I S I O N

SARMIENTO, J p:

The very crux of the instant petitioner for review is the determination of whether or not the period of the verbal lease agreement between the petitioner and the private respondents has expired within the meaning of Section 5(c) of Batas Pambansa Bilang 25. In line with our pronouncements in Baens vs. Court of Appeals 1 and in Rivera vs. Florendo, 2 we rule in the affirmative.

The private respondents-spouses are owners of a five-door residential apartment bearing numbers 317-A to 317-E, inclusive, located at Mayon Street, Quezon City. Since 1969 and up to the present, the petitioner has been leasing...