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Nearly a year after the foreclosure sale the mortgaged house had been
demolished on 14 and 15 January 1957 by virtue of a decision obtained
by the lessor of the land on which the house stood.
Makati Leasing and Finance Corp v. Wearever Textile Mills, Inc. To be able to secure financial accommodations from the petitioner, There is no logical justification to exclude the rule out that the
May 16, 1983 the private respondent discounted and assigned several receivables machinery may be considered as personal property, and subject to
De Castro, J. under a Receivable Purchase Agreement. To secure the a chattel mortgage. If a house may be considered as personal property
collection of the receivables, a chattel mortgage was executed for purposes of executing a chattel mortgage, what more a machinery,
over machinery found in the factory of the private respondent. which is movable by nature and
becomes immobilized only by destination or purpose, may not be
As the private respondent failed to pay, the mortgage was likewise treated as such.
extrajudicially foreclosed. Nonetheless, the sheriff was unable to
seize the machinery. This prompted petitioner to file an action for Tumalad doctrine applies.
replevin.
The CA reversed the decision of the trial court and ordered the return
of the drive motor, after ruling that the machinery may not be the
subject of a chattel mortgage, given that it was an immovable under the
provisions of Article 415. The same was attached to the ground by
means of bolts and the only way to remove it from the plant would be to
drill the ground.
Board of Assessment Appeals v. Manila Electric Co. The Philippine Commission enacted Act No. 484 which authorized the The SC ruled that Meralco's steel towers were considered poles within
January 31, 1964. Municipal Board of Manila to grant a franchise to construct, maintain the meaning of paragraph 9 of its franchise which exempts its poles from
Paredes, J. and operate an electric street railway and electric light, heat and power taxation. The steel towers were considered personality because they
system in the City of Manila. were removable and merely attached to square metal frames by means
of bolts and could be moved from place to place when unscrewed and
Meralco's electric power is generated by its hydro-electric plant located dismantled. Furthermore, they are not attached to an immovable in a
at Botocan Falls, Laguna and is transmitted to the City of Manila by fixed manner, and they can be separated without breaking the material
means of electric transmission wires, running from the province of or causing deterioration upon the object to which they are attached.
Laguna to the said City.
These electric transmission wires which carry high voltage current, are
fastened to
insulators attached on steel towers constructed by respondent at
intervals, from its hydroelectric
plant in the province of Laguna to the
City of Manila. The respondent Meralco has constructed 40 of these steel
towers within Quezon City, on land belonging to it.
The City Assessor of Quezon City declared the aforesaid steel towers for
real property tax under Tax.
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Chavez v. PEA This petition asked the Court to legitimize a government contract that Submerged lands, like the waters (sea or bay) above them, are part of
conveyed to a private entity 157.84 hectares of reclaimed public lands the State’s inalienable natural resources. Submerged lands are property
along Roxas Boulevard in Metro Manila at the negotiated price of P1,200 of public dominion, absolutely inalienable and outside the commerce of
per square meter. However, published reports place the market price of man. This is also true with respect to foreshore lands. Any sale of
land near that area at that time at a high of P90,000 per square meter. submerged or foreshore lands is void being contrary to the Constitution
The difference in price is a staggering P140.16 billion, equivalent to the as it violates Section 2, Article XII. In the instant case, the bulk of the
budget of the entire Judiciary for seventeen years and more than three lands subject of the Amended JVA are still submerged lands even to this
times the Marcos Swiss deposits that this Court forfeited in favor of the very day, and therefore inalienable and outside the commerce of man. Of
government. the 750 hectares subject of the Amended JVA, 592.15 hectares or 78% of
Public Estates Authority (PEA), under the JVA, obligated itself to convey the total area are still submerged, permanently under the waters of
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Viuda de Tan Toco v. Municipal Council of Iloilo Municipal council of Iloilo failed to pay Tantoco the purchase price of 2 The property of a municipality, whether real or personal, necessary for
March 25, 1926 strips of land, which it appropriated for road widening. By virtue of a governmental purposes cannot be attached and sold at a public auction
Villamor, J. writ of execution, the sheriff attached “two autotrucks used for street to satisfy a judgment against the municipality
sprinkling, one police patrol automobile, the police stations on Mabini
St., and other structures, plus the market
Province of Zamboanga del Norte v. City of Zamboanga RA 39 converted municipality of Zamboanga to a city, and provided that Validity of the law ultimately depends on the nature of the 50 lots and
March 28, 1868 bldgs. And properties abandoned shall be paid for by the City at a price bldgs thereon – If the property is owned by the municipality in its public
Bengzon, J.P., J. fixed by the AG (PhP 1,294,244) and governmental capacity, the property is public and Congress has
absolute control over it. But if the property is owned in its private or
RA 711: del Norte/del Sur funds, assets, and other properties shall be proprietary capacity, then it is patrimonial and Congress has no absolute
divided equitable between the 2. AG apportioned assets: 54.39% to control.
Norte, 45.61% to Sur
The capacity in which the property is held is dependent on the use
ExecSec then issued a ruling holding that Norte had a vested right as which it is intended and devoted.
owner of the properties given to the City and is entitled to the price
thereof, payable by Zamboanga City. Finance Sec authorized CIR to
deduct 25% from City’s IRA to be credited to Norte.
RA3039 all bldgs, etc, belonging to the former province and located
within the City, free of charge, in favor of the City.
Salas v. Jarencio On September 21, 1960, the Municipal Board of Manila, presided by then In the absence of a deed or title to any land claimed by the City as its
August 30, 1972 Vice-Mayor Antonio J. Villegas, adopted a resolution requesting the own, showing that it was acquired with its private or corporate funds,
Esguerra, J. President of the Philippines to consider the feasibility of declaring the presumption is that such land came from the State upon the creation
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Lunod v. Meneses Plaintiffs own farmlands situated near a lake. Meneses owns a fishpond Meneses cannot block the flow of water. Art. 552 (A637, NCC): Lower
11 Phil. 128 and piece of land between the lake and a river. The plaintiffs claim the estates must receive the waters which naturally and without
existence, in favor of their rice fields, of a statutory easement permitting intervention of man descend from the higher estates, as well as the
the flow of water over Meneses’ land. This allowed water collected upon stone or earth which they carry with them. Neither may the owner of the
their land and the lake to flow through Meneses’ land and into the river. lower estate construct works preventing this easement, nor one of the
Plaintiffs’ lands were flooded and their plantations destroyed. higher estates works increasing this burden. In addition, under the land
of waters, Meneses had no right to construct the works which blocks the
passage through his land and the outlet to the river. Having done so, to
the detriment of the easement charged on his estate, he violated the law.
Bachrach v. Seifert The deceased Emil Maurice Bachrach left no forced heir except his Article 471 of the Civil Code provides that the usufructuary shall be
October 12, 1950 widow Mary McDonald Bachrach. In his last will and testament made entitled to receive all the natural, industrial, and civil fruits of the
Ozaeta, J. varius legacies in cash and willed all the fruits and usufruct the property in usufruct. Further, Articles 474 provides that " Civil fruits are
remainder of his estate (after payment of legacies, bequests and gifts) to deemed to accrue day by day, and belong to the usufructuary in
his wife’s enjoyment. The will further provided that upon the death of proportion to the time the usufruct may last.” Article 475, on the other
Mary McDonald Bachrach, one-half of all his estate shall be divided hand, provides that “When a usufruct is created on the right to receive
share and share alike by and betweenhis legal heirs, to the exclusion of an income or periodical revenue, either in money or fruits, or the
his brothers. interest on bonds or securities payable to bearer, each matured payment
shall be considered as the proceeds or fruits of such right. When it
The estate of E. M. Bachrach, as owner of 108,000 shares of stock of the consists of the enjoyment of the benefits arising from an interest in an
Atok-Big Wedge Mining Co., Inc., received from the latter 54,000 shares industrial or commercial enterprise, the profits of which are not
representing 50% stock dividend on the said 108,000 shares. On 10 June distributed at fixed periods, such profits shall have the same
1948, Mary McDonald Bachrach, as usufructuary or life tenant of the consideration. In either case they shall be distributed as civil fruits, and
estate, petitioned the lower court to authorize the Peoples Bank and shall be applied in accordance with the rules prescribed by the next
Trust Company, as administrator of the estate of E. M. Bachrach, to preceding article."
transfer to her the said 54,000 shares of stock dividend by indorsing and
delivering to her the corresponding certificate of stock, claiming that A dividend, whether in the from of cash or stock, is income or fruit and
said dividend, although paid out in the form of stock, is fruit or income consequently should go to the usufructuary rather than the owner of the
and therefore belonged to her as usufructuary or life tenant. Sophie shares of stock in usufruct. Dividend is declared only out of the profits of
Siefert and Elisa Elianoff, legal heirs of the deceased, opposed said a corporation and not out of its capital.
petition on the ground that the stock dividend in question was not
income but formed part of the capital and therefore belonged not to the
usufructuary but to the remainderman. The lower court granted the
petition and overruled their objection. Siefer and Elianoff appealed.
Bachrach v. Talisay-Silay Sugar planters of TS mortgaged their lands in order to secure the debts A bonus paid by the mortgage-debtor to another who had mortgaged his
September 17, 1931 of TS against PNB. As compensation for the risk the planters took, TS land to secure the payment of the debtor’s obligation to a bank is not a
Romualdez, J. undertook to give them a bonus equal to 2% of the debt secured. civil fruit of the mortgaged property. Such bonus bears no immediate,
but only a remote and accidental relation to the land. It is not income
Bachrach filed a case against TS, asking for Ledesma’s credit bonus as a delivered from the property but a compensation granted for the risk
payment for the latter’s debt to Bachrach. TS answered that Ledesma’s assumed by the owner of the property.
credit bonus had been purchased by another. PNB alleged that it had
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Geminiano v. CA Lot originally owned by G’s mom. On one portion of the lot stood G’s Private respondents cannot be considered possessors nor builders in GF
July 24, 1996 unfinished house, which they sold to PR. Then, G’s mom executed a – being mere lessees, they knew that their occupation was temporary.
Davide, Jr. J. contract of lease a portion of the lot, including the portion on which the
house stands.
Pleasantville Dev’t Corp v. CA Edith Robillo purchased a parcel of land, Lot 9, from Pleasantville Dev’t Kee = builder in GF
February 1, 1996 Corporation in Pleasantville Subdivision, Bacolod City. Eldred Jardinico
Panganiban, J. bought the rights to the lot from Robillo. At that time, Lot 9 was vacant. The roots of the controversy can be traced in the errors committed by
· Upon completing all payments and securing a TCT in his name, CTTEI when it pointed the wrong lot to Kee.
Jardinico discovered that improvements had been introduced on Lot 9 · Good faith consists in the belief of the builder that the land he is
by Wilson Kee, who had taken possession thereof. building on is his and he is ignorant of any defect or flaw in his title. And
· It appears that Kee bought on installment Lot 8 from CT Torres as good faith is presumed, Pleasantville has the burden of proving bad
Enterprises Inc (CTTEI), the real estate agent of Pleasantville. faith on the part of Kee.
· Under the Contract to Sell, Kee could and did possess the lot even · At the time he built the improvements on Lot 9, Kee believed that the
before the completion of payments. said lot was the one he bought. He was not aware that the lot delivered
· Zenaida Octaviano, CTTEI’s employee, was the one who mistakenly to him was not Lot 8. Pleasantville failed to prove otherwise.
pointed out Lot 9 (instead of Lot 8) to Kee’s wife. Thereafter, Kee built · Violation of the Contract of Sale on Installment may not be the basis to
his residence, a store, an auto repair shop, and other improvements on negate the presumption that Kee was a builder in good faith. Such
the lot. violations have no bearing whatsoever on whether Kee was a builder in
· Jardinico confronted Kee after discovering that the latter was good faith, that is, on his state of mind at the time he built the
occupying Lot 9. Kee refused to vacate, hence Jardinico filed an improvements on Lot 9. These alleged violations may give rise to
ejectment suit with damages. petitioner’s cause of action against Kee under the said contract
RTC: Kee is a builder in bad faith. Assuming arguendo that Kee was (contractual breach) but may not be bases to negate the presumption
acting in good faith, he was nonetheless guilty of unlawfully usurping that Kee was a builder in good faith.
the possessory right of Jardinico over Lot 9 from the time he was served
with
notice to vacate said lot, and was thus liable for rental.
CA: Kee was a builder in good faith, as he was unaware of the “mix-up”
when he began construction of the improvements. The erroneous
delivery was due to the fault of CTTEI and thus imputable to
Pleasantville, the principal.
Felices v. Iriole Felices was the grantee of a homestead over 8has. He conveyed in The rule of A453 invoked by I cannot be applied to the instant case for
May 26, 1995 conditional sale to Iriole a portion of his homestead of more than 4has. the reason that the improvements in question were made on the
The conveyance expressly stipulates that after the lapse of 5 years or as premises only after F had tried to recover the land in question from him,
soon as may be allowed by law, the vendor or his successors would and even during pendency of this action in the lower court. Hence, he
execute in vendee’s favor a deed of absolute sale over the land in built the improvement in BF.
question.
2 years after the sale, F tried to recover from I, but the latter refused to
allow it unless he was paid the alleged value of improvements he had
introduce therein.
Nuquid v. CA Pedro Pecson owned a commercial lot in Kamias and built a four-door Pecson is a builder in good faith. Nuguid is the landowner.
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One who has stole a part of the stolen money must have taken the larger
sum lost by the offended party.
Portic v. Cristobal In 1968, spouses Portic acquired a parcel of land with a 3 door Suits to quiet title are characterized as proceedings quasi in rem.
April 22, 2005 apartment from Sps. Alcantara even though they’re aware that the land Technically, they are neither in rem nor in personam. In an action quasi
Panganiban, J. was mortgaged to the SSS. Portic defaulted in paying SSS. The Portics in rem, an individual is named as defendant. However, unlike suits in
then executed a contract with Cristobal and the latter agreed to buy the rem, a quasi in rem judgment is conclusive only between the parties.
said property for P200k. Cristobal’s down payment was P45k and she
also agreed to pay SSS. The contract between them states:
That while the balance of P155,000.00 has not yet been fully paid the
FIRST PARTY OWNERS shall retain the ownership of the above
described parcel of land together with its improvements but the
SECOND PARTY BUYER shall have the right to collect the monthly
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Gatchalian v. CIR 15 individuals made contributions to purchase a sweepstakes ticket If the plaintiff formed a partnership, they are liable for the payment of
April 29, 1939 registered in Gatchalian’s name. the ticket won 3rd prize. G was then the IT; whereas of there was merely a community of property, they are
Imperial, J. required to file the corresponding ITR covering the prize. They failed to exempt. According to the facts, the plaintiffs organized a partnership fo
pay. CIR issued a warrant of distraint and levy, to avoid embarrassment civil nature because each of them put up money to buy a sweepstakes
the 15 paid under protest. This happened a 2nd time for the balance. The ticket for the sole purpose of dividing equally the prize which they may
15 then demanded refund. win.
Punsalan v. Boon Liat 22 fishermen agreed to be the sole owners of 2 ½ sacks of ambergris Sale not valid. The A was undivided common property of the plaintiffs
January 10, 1923 found in the belly of a whale and they agreed that none could sell and one of the defs. This common ownership was acquired by
Avanceña, J. without the others’ consent. Teck, who knew of the ambergris proposed occupancy. None of them had any right to sell, there being an express
the seizure of contraband opium, which was actually the ambergris. The agreement to the contrary. Sale having been made without others’
ambergris having been seized and loaded and brought to Zamboanga consent, the same shall have no effect except as to the portion pertaining
along with Ahmad, who was left in charge. Teck then proceeded to offer to those who made them.
to purchase the A to which Ahmad refused but was later on convinced as
he was promised protection from his co-owners.
Twin Towers Condo v. CA TTCC filed a complaint with the SEC against ALS and Litonjua praying Petitioner’s Master Deed provides that a member of the Condominium
February 27, 2003 that the latter be ordered to pay solidarilty the unpaid condominium corporation shall share in the common expenses of the condominium
Carpio, J. assessments and dues with interests and penalties covering the 4 project. This obligation does not depend on the use or non-use by the
quearters of 1986 & 1987 and the first qtr of ’88. member of the common areas and facilities of the Condominium.
Whether or not a member uses the common areas or facilities, these
areas and facilities will have to be maintained. Expenditures must be
made to maintain the common areas and facilities whether a member
uses them frequently, infrequently or never at all.
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The lease contract was not signed by 2 of the co-heirs. In 1920, the heirs
made an EJ partition of the inheritance, and among other things, the land
here in Q fell to the share of plaintiffs.
The co-heirs that didn’t sign the lease contract brought this action to
recover possession.
Tuason v. Tuason Angela, Nieves and Antonio co-owned a parcel of land. They entered into The MoA, far from violating the legal prohibition that forbids a CO from
April 2, 1951 a MoA that no CO shall sell, alienate, or dispose of his co-ownership being obliged to remain a party to the community, precisely has for its
Montemayor, J. without first giving preference to the other CO. Angela asked that the purpose and object the dissolution of CO and of the community by
contract be rescinded and the property be partitioned stating the at MoA selling the parcel held in common and dividing the proceeds among the
is void CO. the obligation imposed in the MoA to preserve the CO until all lots
shall have been sold is a mere incident to the main object.
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Halili v. CA Guzman, an American citizen, died and left some real properties to his Halili cannot exercise LR. The subject land is urban in character. H has
March 12, 1998 widow and son (both American citizens( the widow then assigned all no right to invoke LR since A1621 presupposes that the land sought to
Panganiban, J. her rights to her son over her share in the 6 parcels of land. The son then be redeemed is rural.
sold them to Cataniag (Filipino). Halili, the owner of the adjoining lot,
questioned the constitutionality of the transfers of property and claimed
ownership based on A1621.
Francisco v. Boiser Petitioners were the original owners of four parcels of land on which Art. 1623 requires that the written notification should come from the
May 31, 2000 stands the Ten Commandments Building. On Aug 6, 1979, they sold 1/5 vendor or prospective vendor, not from any other person. It is the
Mendoza, J. of their undiided shares to their mother, Adela Blas, who in turn sold her notification from the seller, which can remove all doubts as to the fact of
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Maintaining that the 30-day period for redemption had not yet begun to
run because the vendor never informed her and her co-owners about
the sale to the respondent, petitioner now seeks to exercise her right to
redemption.
Felisa Cruz Vda. De Castro refused to sign. Defendant did not pay
P2,500.00 which he should have paid on December for payment was
made by plaintiff’s counsel on January 7, 1957 but to no avail, hence the
present action.
That more than twenty years the appellees and their predecessors in
interest have made use of the Nanca- Victorias road, which crosses the
Hacienda Toreno, openly, publicly, and continiously, with the knowledge
of the owners of the said hacienda
That on the fifteenth day of November, 1912, the defendants closed the
road in question
Defendants in their answer averred that the road crossing the Hacienda
Toreno, over which plaintiffs claim the right of passage, is the private
property of defendants
That they have not refused plaintiffs permission to pass over this road
but have required them to pay toll for the privilege of doing so
The court held that it was a public highway over which the public had
acquired a right of use by immemorial prescription
It was only in 1911-1913 that toll was being collected; apparently done
to raise funds for its repair
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Ongsiaco v. Ongsiaco Hacienda Esperanza Tercea de Pare was dissolved and partitioned The dikes are continuous easements since it does depend upon the act of
among the Ongsiaco heirs (4/9) and the Santos heirs (5/9). man, but is due to gravity. Being such, it is subject to the extinction to
the non-user (20 years in the Old Code and 10 years in the New Code).
O through notarial deed stated that S had been constructing dikes Since, it was admittedly built in 1937 or 1938, the action is barred by
obstructing the natural flow of water to the prejudice of the co-owners. prescription
Quimen v. CA The classic battle of an avocado tree and a sarisari store of strong Where the easement may be established on any of the several tenements
May 29, 1996 materials. surrounding the dominant estate, the one where the way is shortest and
Bellosillo, J. Yolanda’s property behind A&S’s. at first, Y uses A’s property to get to will cause the least damage should be chosen but if these two
the municipal road. Later on, she was barred. Eventually, S provided her circumstances don’t concur in a single interest, the way which will cause
with a passageway. Unfortunately, S’s property is a sari-sari store –long least damage should be used, even if it will not be shortest.
story short, ang haba ng tatahakin niyang daan [naks]para makarating
sa municipal road. Hence, she filed an action for right of way through A’s
property. The only obstruction in the proposed RoW is an avocado tree.
David-Chan v. CA Pacita D-C owns a 635sw.m. lot located in San Fernando, Pampanga David-Chan not entitled to a RoW through PR’s property.
February 26, 1997 ehich is almost completely surrounded by other immovables and cut off
Panganiban, J. from the highway:
N, W: business establishments
S: Pineda’s land
ENE: Phil. Rabbit lies between chan and highway
She used to have a passageway from Pineda’s but she fenced it off.
La Vista v. CA Mangyan Road is the boundary between the La Vista Subdivision on one A legal easement is that which is constituted by law for public use and
September 5, 1997 side and Ateneo and Maryknoll (Miriam) on the other. The road extends interest. A voluntary easement is constituted simply by will or
Bellosillo, J. to the entrance gate of Loyola Grand Villas. The area comprising the 15- agreement of the parties.
meter wide roadway was originally part of a vast tract of land owned by
the Tuasons. The Tuasons sold to Philippine Building Corporation a A voluntary easement of right of way could be extinguished only by
portion of their landholdings. The Philippine Building Corporation mutual agreement or by renunciation of the owner of the dominant
transferred, with the consent of the Tuasons, the subject parcel of land estate. The opening of an adequate outlet to a highway can extinguish
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Sumipat v. Banga The spouses Placida Tabo-tabo and Lauro Sumipat, who are childless, A perusal of the deed reveals that it is actually a gratuitous disposition of
August 13, 2004 acquired three parcels of land. Lauro Sumipat, however, sired five property — a donation — although Lauro Sumipat imposed upon the
Tinga, J. illegitimate children out of an extra-marital affair with Pedra Dacola, petitioners the condition that he and his wife, Placida, shall be entitled to
namely: herein defendants-appellees Lydia, Laurito, Alicia, Alejandro one-half (1/2) of all the fruits or produce of the parcels of land for their
and Lirafe, all surnamed Sumipat. subsistence and support.
On January 5, 1983, Lauro Sumipat executed a document denominated
"DEED OF ABSOLUTE TRANSFER AND/OR QUIT- CLAIM OVER REAL In this case, the donees’ acceptance of the donation is not manifested
PROPERTIES" (the assailed document) in favor of defendants-appellees either in the deed itself or in a separate document. Hence, the deed as an
covering the three parcels of land (the properties). instrument of donation is patently void.
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Eduarte v. CA Pedro Calapine wants to revoke the donation he made to his nicece in The Supreme Court ruled that all crimes which offend the
February 9, 1996 1984. Niece committed falsification of public document. donor show ingratitude and are causes for revocation.
Francisco, J.
Sps. Eduarte contends that the crime is neither one against the person
nor property of the donor but against public interest.
Noceda v. CA Directo together with her nephew and another, extrajudicially The acts of Noceda are acts of usurpation which is an offense against the
September 2, 1999 partitioned the land donated to them. On the same date, she donated in property of Directo and considered an act of ingratitude of a donee
Gonzaga-Reyes, J. favor of Noceda a part of her land. On her share of the land, she fenced it against a donor. The law doesn’t require conviction of the donee, it is
and constructed three huts therein. On a later date, Noceda removed the enough that his offense is proved in the action for revocation.
fence, entered the premises and used the three lots. Despite demands for
him to vacate, he refused to do so, prompting Directo to file a case
against him and revoke the donation made by her.
Yulo and Sons v. Roman Catholic Bishop of San Pablo 1977: petitioner donated unto respondent a parcel of land in Calamba. Considering that the donee’s act did not detract from the very purpose
March 31, 2005 Deed of donation also bears acceptance of done. for which the donation was made but precisely to achieve such
Garcia, J. purposed, a lack of prior written consent of the donor would only
Condition that it be used for the building of an institution for the constitute casual breach, which will not warrant revocation
homeless.
1980: for the purpose of generating funds for the erection of building,
leased the donated property to Gonez wuth prior consent from donor.