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Adapon vs. Maralit, Et. Al.

PEDRO ADAPON, as administrator of the estate of Rudocindo Adapon, petitioner, vs. AGAPITA MARALIT ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. 48144 | 1943-07-31

D E C I S I O N

BOCOBO, J:

This case comes up by certiorari from the Court of Appeals. The principal question is how much land was donated by the late Rudocindo Adapon to Felisa Maralit, predecessor in interest of respondents herein.

The Court of Appeals held the area donated was 40 1/2 hectares, but petitioner maintains it should be only 20 1/2 hectares, as found by the trial court. The controversy hinges upon the interpretation of the deed of donation signed by Adapon (Exhibit A) and of his will (Exhibit B).

It appears that on September 6, 1916, Rudocindo Adapon, a widower, who was about to marry Felisa Maralit, executed a deed of...