Garrido vs. CA
Garrido vs. CA
Garrido vs. CA
CA
Petitioners filed a complaint before the RTC of Iloilo City
Petitioners in this case are spouses Alberto Garrido and Coloma seeking to annul the deed of Absolute Sale of subject lot on the
Daguro. Coloma was the only surviving daughter of Magdalena ground that the deed was fictitious since Magdalena’s
Rondael, the donee of the subject property in litigation. signature appeared to have been traced and Lorenzo Daguro’s
signature was likewise forged since he died prior to the
Magdalena was the daughter of Consolacion Rondael, wife of execution thereof.
Tomas Hingco who donated to Magdalena, his stepdaughter,
one half of a lot he owned (1947). The condition in the The RTC affirmed the genuineness of Daguro’s signature was
donation being that Magdalena could not sell, transfer or cede not germane to the validity of the Deed as said was not
the same. In the end, when Tomas and Consolacion died, the necessary to convey title to the paraphernal property of
entire lot was registered in the name of Magdalena. Magdalena. Thus, the RTC declared the sale valid.
In 1973, Magdalena sold a portion of the subject lot. The The CA affirmed the RTC’s ruling and denied reconsideration.
remaining portion (343 sqms) of the lot is the subject of this Thus this petition.
litigation. Upon the death of Lorenzo, Magdalena’s husband in
1976, she filed a petition to cancel the lien prohibiting her from Petitioners claimed that the CA erred in holding that they had
disposing of the lot donated by her stepfather. She needed no personality to assail the non-observance of the condition
money for her subsistence and medical expenses. attached to the Absolute Deed of Sale executed by Magdalena.
While her petition was pending, Magdalena executed a ISSUE: Whether or not petitioners have personality to
Conditional Deed of Sale of the said lot in favor of spouses question the validity of the Deed due to Magdalena’s non-
Rufino and Conrada Suplemento with the condition that in the observance of the condition attached to the donation.
event that the lien was not cancelled, the amount paid would
be refunded. RULING: The Court held that petitioners indeed have no
personality to question he violation of the restriction because
In January 1979, the petition for cancellation of the lien was they were not heirs of the donor. When the done fails to comply
denied. Nevertheless, Magdalena executed a Deed of Absolute with any of the conditions imposed by the donor, it is the donor
Sale covering subject lot in favor of respondents, Suplementos. who has the right to impugn the validity of the transaction
Transfer Certificate of Title was then issued in the name of affecting the donated property, conformably with Art. 764 of
Suplementos upon the death of Magdalena in April 1982. the Civil Code, which provides that the right to revoke may be
transmitted to the heirs of the donor and may be exercised
Magdalena had two daughters. But the only living then was against the heirs of the done, and the action prescribes four
petitioner Coloma Daguro who was married to petitioner years after the violation of the condition.
Alberto Garrido. The couple was based in Davao and in
February 1984, they visited the house where Magdalena used
to live. It was then that they learned that the lot already
belonged to the Suplementos.