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Honorio Santiago, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

SPS. HONORIO SANTIAGO and ESTRELITA SANTIAGO, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS (Fifteenth Division), THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 134, MAKATI, METRO MANILA, AQUILINO AREVALO AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MAKATI, METRO MANILA, respondents.

G.R. No. 117014 | 1995-08-14

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

The issue in the before us is who has the superior right to a parcel of land sold to 2 different buyers at different times by its former owners.

The parties herein involved have filed 3 cases against each other in the Regional Trial Court of Makati. Herein respondent Aquilino Arevalo filed on December 28, 1983 a complaint for specific performance, cancellation of title, and damages against: (a) Evelyn Mercado and her brothers and sisters - Julieta, Virgilio, Rogelio, Alicia, and Melita - who were the original co-owners of the 100 square-meter lot in question, and (b) herein petitioners, the spouses Honorio and...