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Rumbaoa, et al vs. Argaza, et al

EMILIO RUMBAOA, PLATON DAMO, ESTEBAN ASUNCION, ANTONIO ASUNCION, DIONISIO BATANGAN and MARCIANO PASCUA, petitioners, vs. IGNACIO ARZAGA and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1454 | 1949-10-31

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J p:

This is an appeal by certiorari from the Court of Appeals which affirmed with some modifications the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte in a case between Ignacio Arzaga as plaintiff and Emilio Rumbaoa and five others as defendants, regarding the sale of a piece of land.
There is little or no serious controversy as to these facts:
Ignacio Arzaga owned a parcel of land divided into 13 atares. He sold one atare to each of the six defendants for a combined sum of P6,000, with a provision of repurchase without term. The deed was not presented and the date is not revealed. After that sale...