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Lina Montilla vs. Court of Appeals 161 SCRA 167

LINA MONTILLA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and EMILIO ARAGON, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-47968 | 1989-05-09

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

Errors in the application of elementary legal principles ---- as regards admissions in the pleadings, the Statute of Frauds, promises to sell, and interlocutory orders in relation to res adjudicata ---- as well as palpable mistakes in factual conclusions - because contrary to or in unaccountable disregard of facts of record, impel reversal of the judgment of the Court of Appeals1 which affirmed that of the Trial Court.2

The proceeding at bar traces its origin to an action initiated in the Court of First Instance of Iloilo on April 27, 1972 by Emilio Aragon, Jr., to compel Lina Montilla to comply with a verbal...