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Walter Villanueva, et al. Vs. Florentino Chong, et al.

WALTER VILLANUEVA AND AURORA VILLANUEVA, Petitioners, versus FLORENTINO CHIONG AND ELISERA CHIONG, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159889 | 2008-06-05

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks the modification of the Decision[1] dated December 17, 2002 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV. No. 68383, which had affirmed the Joint Decision[2] dated July 19, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dipolog City, Branch 6, in Civil Case No. 4460. The RTC annulled the sale made by respondent Florentino Chiong in favor of petitioners Walter and Aurora Villanueva conveying a portion of a parcel of land which respondents acquired during their marriage.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Respondents Florentino and Elisera Chiong were married sometime in...