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Raymundo de Leon vs. Benita Ong
Raymundo de Leon vs. Benita Ong
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CASE DIGEST: DE LEON V. ONG
DOCTRINES:
FACTS:
Raymundo De Leon sold three parcels of land with improvements
situated in Antipolo, Rizal to respondent Benita T. Ong for P1.1
million.
Ong partially paid De Leon the P415,500. De Leon, on the other hand,
handed the keys to the properties. Thereafter, Ong undertook repairs
and made improvements on the properties.
ISSUES:
(1) Was the contract between De Leon and Ong a contract of sale, or a
contract to sell? (2) Was the subsequent sale to Viloria valid?
HELD:
(1)
Clearly, it was a contract of sale the parties entered into. The deed
executed by the parties stated that petitioner sold the properties to
respondent "in a manner absolute and irrevocable" for a sum of P1.1
million. Nothing in said instrument implied that petitioner reserved
ownership of the properties until the full payment of the purchase
price.
(2)
This case involves a double sale as the disputed properties were sold
validly on two separate occasions by the same seller to the two
different buyers in good faith.