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IN RE: RICARDO P. PRESBITERO, SR. vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE RICARDO P. PRESBITERO, SR., represented by its Administrator, RICARDO PRESBITERO, JR., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and LEONARDO CA?OSO, respondents.

G.R. No. 102432 | 1993-01-21

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J p:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to reverse the 6 February 1991 Decision 1 of the Eleventh Division of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 18255 2 which affirmed with modification, the ruling of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) (Branch XV, Cotabato City) in Civil Case No. 68.

The antecedents of this case, cited from the pleadings, are not disputed.

On 19 August 1981, Ricardo Presbitero, Sr. entered into two (2) written contracts with private respondent Leonardo Cañoso. In the first, entitled "Conformity of Agreement," 3 Presbitero retained...