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Elena Lindain vs. Court Of Appeals 212 SCRA 725

ELENA, OSCAR, CELIA, TERESITA and VIRGILIO, all surnamed LINDAIN. petitioners, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES APOLINIA VALIENTE and FEDERICO ILA, respondents.

G.R. No. 95305 | 1992-08-20

D E C I S I O N

GRINO-AQUINO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision dated August 8, 1990 of the Court of Appeals which dismissed the complaint for annulment of a sale of registered land, thereby reversing the decision of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose City.

The facts of the case in a nutshell are as follows:

When the plaintiffs were still minors, they were already the registered owners of a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. NT-63540 (Exh. D-1). On November 7, 1966, their mother, Dolores Luluquisin, then already a widow and acting as guardian of her minor children, sold the land for...