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Garcia v. Calaliman (1989)
Garcia v. Calaliman (1989)
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the entire land as theirs, although they knew some heirs had not sold
their shares.
PARAS, J.:
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This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the
Court of Appeals in CA G.R. No. 22179-R, promulgated on
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“Article 1088. Should any of the heirs sell his hereditary rights to a
stranger before the partition, any or all of the co-heirs may be
subrogated to the rights of the purchaser by reimbursing him for the
price of the sale, provided they do so within the period of one month
from the time they were notified in writing of the sale by the vendor.”
The main issue is whether or not petitioners took all the necessary
steps to effectuate their exercise of the right of legal redemption within
the period fixed by Art. 1088 of the Civil Code.
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“Both the letter and spirit of the new Civil Code argue against any
attempt to widen the scope of the notice specified in Article 1088 by
including therein any other kind of notice, such as verbal or by
registration. If the intention of the law had been to include verbal
notice or any other means of information as sufficient to give the effect
of this notice, then there would have been no necessity or reasons to
specify in Article 1088 of the New Civil Code that the said notice be
made in writing for, under the old law, a verbal notice or information
was sufficient (106 Phil. 1023 [1960]).”
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Decision reversed.
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