Espiritu v Valerio

Dizon
Dec. 26, 1963

On Sep. 15, 1955, Francisco Valerio filed an action to quiet title against Esperanza Espiritu and her faughter,
Antonia Apostol, saying that he was the owner by virtue of a deed of sale executed by him and the former owner,
Pelagia Vegilia.

Espiritu and Apostol denied this and said that they inherited it from Santiago Apostol, husband of E and dad of A
and that he bought it from Mariano Vegilia who got it from his niece Pelagia. They also presented a deed of sale.

Do petitioners have better right? No. They don’t have a right to the property.

If the deed of sale executed by Pelagia in faovr of Mariano and the deed of sale by Mariano to Santiago were both
valid, then E and A would have a better right since their Deed of Sale was registered first. BUT TC found that these
deeds of sale have been falsified and so gave ownership to Valerio.

Evidence that showed falsity: thumbmarks were different and couldn’t be determined since it immediately
precedes ‘Anslemo’ but under the name of ‘Pelagia’; the person who wrote the name of “Anselmo Vegilia” and
“Pelagia Vegilia” was only by one person, Anselmo couldn’t have written it because he was certified to be
physically incapable to do so.