G.R. No. L-5496, 19 February 1910 FACTS: Plaintiff seeks to annul a contract on the ground that her consent was obtained under duress. Under the contract, she agreed to convey several properties to Aldecoa & Co. and HSBC as a settlement of their claims against her and her husband, who fled the country. It was [...]

G.R. No. 126236, 26 January 2007 FACTS: Petitioner Domingo Realty filed complaint with the against Antonio M. Acero, who conducted business under the firm name A.M. Acero Trading, David Victorio, John Doe, and Peter Doe, for recovery of possession of three (3) parcels of land. Defendants Acero and Victorio filed answer to the alleging that they merely leased [...]

G.R. No. 115734, 23 February 2000 FACTS: Gaudencia Zarraga allegedly sold to private respondents her share in Lot 115-A-1. The sale was evidenced by a notarized document denominated as “Bilihang Tuluyan ng Kalahati (1/2) ng Isang Lagay na Lupa.” Private respondents, are the children of Mariano Zarraga, the brother of Gaudencia, alleged that they were [...]

G.R. No. L-4811, 31 July 1953 FACTS: On November 29, 1947, plaintiff Woodhouse entered into a written agreement with defendant Halili stating among others that: 1) that they shall organize a partnership for the bottling and distribution of Missionsoft drinks, plaintiff to act as industrial partner or manager, and the defendant as a capitalist, furnishing [...]

G.R. No. 167874, 15 January 2010 FACTS: Napala offered to purchase the land of Spouses Tongson for P3,000,000. The petitioners find the offer acceptable executed with Napala a Memorandum of Agreement. Upon signing of the Deed of Absolute Sale Napala paid P200,000 in cash to petitioners and issued a postdated PNB check for the payment [...]

G.R. No. 196182, 1 September 2014 FACTS: The petitioner is a corporation engaged in building condominium units. The petitioner started its construction at Pasay City. However, in their advertisement it provides that it is situated in Makati City. The respondent in belief that the condo unit was in Makati City agreed to buy a unit [...]

G.R. No. 133643, 6 June 2002 FACTS: Villamor was the distributor of lumber belonging to Mr. Miller and the plaintiff Borromeo being Villamor’s friend and former classmate borrow a large sum of money for which he mortgaged his property as a security because of his obligation to Mr. Miller. Miller then filed a civil action [...]

G.R. No. L-65922, 3 December 1991 FACTS: The house looked beautiful in summer but not when the waters came. Then it was flooded five feet deep and leas than prepossessing, let alone livable. Disenchanted, the buyer sued the seller for the annulment of the sale and damages, alleging fraud. ISSUE: Whether or not there was [...]

G.R. No. L-11513, 4 December 1917 FACTS: George C. Sellner, was the owner of a farm which was contiguous to a farm owned by the plaintiff Lamberto Songco. Sellner desired to mill his cane at a sugar central. However, one obstacle was that the owners of the central were not sure they could mill his [...]

G.R. No. L-11872, 1 December 1917 FACTS: The case was about the contract made by Luis Espiritu (father of Jose Espiritu, the defendant) and the heirs of his sister Margarita Mercado; Domingo and Josepha Mercado, who pretended to be of legal age to give their consent into the contract of sale of the land they [...]