G.R. No. 168263 - SPS. EDGARDO AND NATIVIDAD FIDEL, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF THE LATE PRIMITIVO ESPINELI, NAMELY, JOSEFINA, PATRICIO AND LEONARDO, ALL SURNAMED ESPINELI. DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants as follows: Ordering the annulment of the sale in favor of the defendants spouses Edgardo and Natividad Fidel of the property in litigation; Ordering the Regis[ter] of Deeds and/or the Provincial Assessor of Cavite to cancel the registration and/or Tax Declaration No. 16304, Series of 1995; Ordering the defendants spouses Edgardo and Natividad Fidel to cause the reconveyance of the property to Vicente Espineli and/or his heirs for disposition subject to the laws of intestacy; Ordering the defendants jointly and severally, to pay the plaintiffs the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages and P30,000.00 as exemplary damages; Ordering the defendants jointly and severally, to reimburse the plaintiffs their expenses for litigation in the amount of P50,000.00 as attorney's fees; And to pay costs of suit. SO ORDERED.