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Lagon vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

JOSE V. LAGON, Petitioner, versus HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and MENANDRO V. LAPUZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 119107 | 2005-03-18

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CORONA, J.: 
 
On June 23, 1982, petitioner Jose Lagon purchased from the estate of Bai Tonina Sepi, through an intestate court,[1] two parcels of land located at Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat. A few months after the sale, private respondent Menandro Lapuz filed a complaint for torts and damages against petitioner before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Sultan Kudarat. 
 
In the complaint, private respondent, as then plaintiff, claimed that he entered into a contract of lease with the late Bai Tonina Sepi Mengelen Guiabar...