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Albert Padilla vs CA, Sps Paredes, et al

ALBERT R. PADILLA, petitioner, vs. SPOUSES FLORESCO PAREDES and ADELINA PAREDES, and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 124874 | 2000-03-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For resolution is a petition for review on certiorari, seeking reversal of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA G.R. CV No. 33089, which set aside the decision of the Regional Trial Court in Civil Case No. 4357 and confirmed the rescission of the contract between petitioner and private respondents.
From the records, we glean the following antecedent facts:

On October 20, 1988, petitioner Albert R. Padilla and private respondents Floresco and Adelina Paredes entered into a contract to sell[1] involving a parcel of land in San Juan, La Union. At that time, the land was untitled although private...