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Pedro A. Felicen, Sr. vs. Severino Orias, etal.

PEDRO A. FELICEN, SR. (Deceased), substituted by his widow, BEATRIZ LANUEVO and his children, ELEUTERIO, PEDRO, JR., CLARITA, FERNANDO and JOSE MARIA, all surnamed FELICEN, petitioners, vs. SEVERINO ORIAS, MILAGROS ORIAS DE LIM, and the COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33182 | 1987-12-18

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

This appeal on certiorari 1 involves Article 1606 of the Civil Code. The first paragraph of this article declares that in cases of conventional redemption, 2 i.e., when the vendor reserves the right to repurchase the thing sold ---- with the obligation to return the price of the sale as well as the expenses of the contract, any other legitimate payments made by reason of the sale, the necessary and useful expenses made on the thing sold, 3 and other stipulations which may have been agreed upon ---- the right to repurchase, in the absence of an express agreement, shall last four years from the date of the...