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Wes, ‘gue? v. CA, \OL Phil. 57 95D
Conchita Layvez Ged a complaint aopinst the widow dd bis of the late Sohiadoe P. Lopez te wecover a
fore of Wand, Laver avewed that she 1 the legal onnee thevtoG, ivant to a deed of donation of Sad
Nand, erected in ber Favor by Salvador P. Lope2. The donated land orally belonged to the conjugal
fortoershig of Salvador ded Ws we, Mana rip
The deed of donation was Signed and vatiied at the time Ligue2 wos a wine, only Years of age
with Conchita,
Salvador bad confessed his lve for aggellant to the instwmental witnesses, with the vemark tat hee
Parents would wot allow Logez to Wwe with ber Unless he Fist donated the land in atestion Atter the
donation, Conchita Ged Salvador Wed together, Until Lopez was Kiled on July (st, (4, by Seme gperrilas who
lbelieved him to be gro-Zaganese,
On The other hand, the defense intergored was tHat the dowation was wil and vod for having a iit
cause ov consideration, ded that the erogerty had ttn adjidcated to the ageless aS beies of Lope? oy
the Court of Fivst Instance,
‘ISSUE:
Whether or not tHe donation i void For having a cit couse or consivation
RULING:
Undine Actile 1178, loevality of tHe donor i Joowd cOvka in these contwacts that are of Yewe®
leer (cence; that 6 to say, contracts desaned Solely and exclusively to procure the welfare of the
beneficiary, withovt any intent of praducing any Satisfaction for the donor, contacts, im othee words, in
which the dea of self-interest 6 totally absent on the gart of the transferor
For this very veason, the Same Article 1114 provides that in vemuneratory contacts, the considecation is
‘the service oF Lene it For which the reenerartion 1 gen, casa i nat Woewality im these cases because
‘the contract o conveyance 1 not made aut of gure bene ficence, bt “Solvtndi anima”
Here the facts demonstrate that in making the donation in question, the late Salvador P. Loge? was not
moved exclusively by the desire to bene fit agzellant Conchita Lique2, but alo to Secure hee cohabiting, with
hn, 50 that he could gratify his Sew imguses. THiS considered, the conveyance was clearly gredicated upon
Gn ert causa,