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Rafael Santos Vs. Pedro De La Vi?a 050 Phil 1

RAFAEL SANTOS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PEDRO DE LA VI?A, defendant-appellee. ROSARIO AMANCIO ET AL., intervenors.

G.R. No. 26096 | 1927-03-02

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This action was instituted in the Court of First Instance of Capiz by Rafael Santos against Pedro de la Viña, for the purpose of (a) obtaining a judicial declaration to the effect that the plaintiff is the sole and absolute owner of the three parcels of land described in paragraph 3 of the complaint; (b) to compel the defendant to surrender the possession of the said lands to the plaintiff, and (c) to pay to the latter the sum of P10,000 as damages for the usurpation of the property by the defendant. The defendant, in his answer, denied generally and specifically all of the allegations of the...