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Victorina A. De Gaerlan, Et Al Vs. Felix Martinez, Et Al

VICTORINA A. DE GAERLAN and SALVADOR GAERLAN, petitioners, vs. FELIX MARTINEZ, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, JULIANA R. DE SANTOS, and SIMPLICIO SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3282 | 1950-01-28

D E C I S I O N


OZAETA, J.:

On August 23, 1941, Juliana R. de Santos purchased at public auction from the Bureau of Lands a lot of 120.9 square meters located on Barbosa Street, Quiapo, Manila, which was patrimonial property of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, for the sum of P15,112.50, paying then and there the sum of P1,511.25 and obligating herself to pay the balance in not more than ten equal annual installments. The balance was fully paid on August 1, 1944. One of the conditions of the sale was that the buyer should commence the construction of improvements appropriate for the purpose for which the land was purchased within six...