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Philip Mattews Vs. Benjamin A. Taylor and Joselyn C. Taylor

PHILIP MATTHEWS, Petitioner, versus BENJAMIN A. TAYLOR and JOSELYN C. TAYLOR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164584 | 2009-06-22

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari are the Court of Appeals (CA) December 19, 2003 Decision[1] and July 14, 2004 Resolution[2] in CA-G.R. CV No. 59573. The assailed decision affirmed and upheld the June 30, 1997 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 8, Kalibo, Aklan in Civil Case No. 4632 for Declaration of Nullity of Agreement of Lease with Damages.

On June 30, 1988, respondent Benjamin A. Taylor (Benjamin), a British subject, married Joselyn C. Taylor (Joselyn), a 17-year old Filipina.[4] On June 9, 1989, while their marriage was subsisting, Joselyn bought from Diosa M. Martin a...