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Heirs of Taeza
G.R. No. 179597, 3 February 2014
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Iglesia Filipina Independiente was the owner of a parcel of land

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described as Lot 3653, containing an area of 31,038 square meters,

 Uncategorized situated at Ruyu (now Leonarda), Tuguegarao, Cagayan, and covered

by Original Certificate of Title No. P-8698. The said lot is subdivided
as follows: Lot Nos. 3653-A, 3653-B, 3653-C, and 3653-D. It then sold
Recent Posts Lot 3653-D, with an area of 15,000 square meters, to one Bienvenido

de Guzman.
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Inc. v. Court of Rev. Macario Ga, in his capacity as the Supreme Bishop of the

Appeals plaintiff-appellee, to the defendant Bernardino Taeza, for the amount

of ₱100,000.00, through installment, with mortgage to secure the
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completed the payments. In 1977, a complaint for the annulment of

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the February 5, 1976 Deed of Sale with Mortgage was filed by the
Industrial
Parish Council of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, represented by Froilan
Technologies,
Calagui and Dante Santos.
Inc. v. Cuizon

ISSUE:
 Whether then Supreme Bishop Rev. Ga is authorized to enter into a
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contract of sale in behalf of petitioner.
Co., Inc. v. Court

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RULING:

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No. The sale is invalid for not being in conformity with the Canons of

the church.

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Section 113 of the Corporation Code of the Philippines provides that:

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the property is situated; x x x Provided, That in cases where the rules,
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regulations and discipline of the religious denomination, sect or
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church, religious society or order concerned represented by such
community
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and mortgaging real estate and personal property, such rules,
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regulations and discipline shall control, and the intervention of the
courts shall not be necessary.
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The Court finds it erroneous for the CA to ignore the fact that the
of the Revised
laymen’s committee objected to the sale of the lot in question. The
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Canons require that ALL the church entities listed in Article IV (a)
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thereof should give its approval to the transaction. Thus, when the
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Supreme Bishop executed the contract of sale of petitioner’s lot
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despite the opposition made by the laymen’s committee, he acted
beyond his powers.

This case clearly falls under the category of unenforceable contracts

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mentioned in Article 1403, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code, which

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(1) Those entered into in the name of another person by one who has

been given no authority or legal representation, or who has acted

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