SALES (SPECIAL CONTRACTS) CASE DIGESTS

JUAN P. CABRERA vs. HENRY YSAACG.R. No. 166790 NOVEMBER 19, 2014

FACTS: Henry Ysaac is one of the co-owners of a parcel of land covered by OCTNo. 506 with an
area of 5,517 square meters. He leased out a portion of theproperty to several lessees including
Juan Cabrera who leased a 95-squaremeter portion of the land. In need of money, Henry oered
to sell the 95 sq.meter lot but Juan demurred because the lot was too small for his needs
sincethere was no parking space for his vehicle. To deal with Juans need, Henry expanded his
oer to include two adjoininglands which was then leased by two families but warned that the
sale couldonly proceed if the two families would agree. The deal was almost closed with the
agreed price of P 250/sq.m but Juanstated that he could only pay the full price after his
retirement. Henry agreed but demanded for an initial payment of P1, 500.00 which Juan paid.

ISSUE: Whether or not there was a valid contract of sale between petitioner and respondent.

RULING: We nd that there was no contract of sale. It was null ab initio.

As dened by the Civil Code, [a] contract is a meeting of minds between twopersons whereby
one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give somethingor to render some service.For
there to be a valid contract, there must beconsent of the contracting parties, an object certain
which is the subjectmatter of the contract, and cause of the obligation which is established