G.R. No. 170004 - ILONA HAPITAN, VS. SPOUSES JIMMY LAGRADILLA AND WARLILY LAGRADILLA AND ESMERALDA BLACER.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing considerations, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants: 1. Declaring the Deed of Sale in favor of spouses Jessie P. Terosa and Ruth O. Terosa covering the property in question. Lot 19-A- covered by TCI No. T-103227 and the house thereon, in the name of the defendants Nolan Hapitan and Esmeralda Blacer Hapitan null and void; consequently, TCT No. T-107509 in the name of the spouses Jessie P. Terosa and Ruth O. Terosa is ordered cancelled; 2. Ordering the defendants jointly and severally to pay the plaintiffs the sum of P510,463.98 with interest at the legal rate from the filing of this complaint until fully paid; 3. Ordering the defendants jointly and severally to pay the plaintiffs: P30,000.00 as moral damages; P30,000.00 as attorney's fees; P20,000.()0 as exemplary damages 4. Dismissing the counterclaims. On the cross-claim, defendants Nolan llapitan, Ilona Hapitan and the spouses Jessie P. Terosa and Ruth O. Terosa are ordered jointly and severally to pay cross-claimant Esmeralda Blacer Hapitan: P30,000.00 as moral damages; P30,000.00 as attorney's fees; P20,000.00 as exemplary damages. No pronouncement as to costs. SO ORDERED.