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Sps. Paulino Atienza and Rufina Atienza Vs. Domingo P. Espidol

HEIRS OF PAULINO ATIENZA, namely, RUFINA L. ATIENZA, ANICIA A. IGNACIO, ROBERTO ATIENZA, MAURA A. DOMINGO, AMBROCIO ATIENZA, MAXIMA ATIENZA, LUISITO ATIENZA, CELESTINA A. GONZALES, REGALADO ATIENZA and MELITA A. DELA CRUZ Petitioners, versus DOMINGO P. ESPIDOL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 180665 | 2010-08-11

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

This case is about the legal consequences when a buyer in a contract to sell on installment fails to make the next payments that he promised.

The Facts and the Case

Petitioner Heirs of Paulino Atienza, namely, Rufina L. Atienza, Anicia A. Ignacio, Roberto Atienza, Maura A. Domingo, Ambrocio Atienza, Maxima Atienza, Luisito Atienza, Celestina A. Gonzales, Regalado Atienza and Melita A. Dela Cruz (collectively, the Atienzas)[1] own a 21,959 square meters of registered agricultural land at Valle Cruz, Cabanatuan City.[2] They acquired the land under an emancipation patent[3] through the government's land reform...