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Felomina Abellana vs Sps Romero Ponce, et al

FELOMINA[1] ABELLANA, Petitioner, versus SPOUSES ROMEO PONCE and LUCILA PONCE and the REGISTER OF DEEDS of BUTUAN CITY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160488 | 2004-09-03

DECISION


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the June 16, 2003 decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 69213, which reversed and set aside the August 28, 2000 decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Butuan City, Branch 2, in Civil Case No. 4270.

The facts as testified to by petitioner Felomina Abellana are as follows:

On July 15, 1981, Felomina, a spinster, pharmacist and aunt of private respondent Lucila Ponce, purchased from the late Estela Caldoza-Pacres a 44,297[4] square meter agricultural lot[5] with the intention of giving said lot to her niece, Lucila. Thus, in the deed...