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Moises Olivares vs. Carlos V. Gonzales

MOISES OLIVARES and JUANITA T. OLIVARES, petitioners-appellants, vs. THE HONORABLE CARLOS V. GONZALES, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo (Branch VI), respondent and JACINTO TUVILLA, CEFERINO TUVILLA, and JUAN TUMABINI, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-34500 | 1988-03-18

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The Disputed Property is a piece of unregistered land located at Tigbauan, Iloilo, identified as Assessor's Lot No. 343. It was previously owned by respondents-appellees Jacinto Tuvilla and Ceferino Tuvilla (the Tuvillas, for short) both of Tigbauan, Iloilo.

Sometime in 1955, the Tuvillas executed a "Deed of Sale with Right to Repurchase" in favor of respondent-appellee Juan Tumabini, over the Disputed Property in consideration of the sum of P1,350.00. The document was duly acknowledge before a Notary Public but was not recorded in the Registry of Property.

Sometime in 1959, the Tuvillas executed...