Gardner v. CA Digest
G.R. No. L-59952 August 31, 1984 Ponente: Melencio-Herrera, J.: Facts: 1. The case involve several transfers of the subject real property. It appears that petitioners the Gardner spouse enter into an agreement with Respondent spouses, the Santoses to subdivide 2 parcels of land and executed an absolute deed of sale in favor of the latter. The real truth is that what occurred was a sale ‘in trust’ since the petitioner obtained an amount of money from the respondents, who inturn promised to improve the land. 2. Apparently, the Santoses transferred the properties to the Cuencas who in turn transferred it to the Verroyas who executive a mortgage over the lot. Then Verroya executed a deed of transfers to the Natividads. N ote that from the titles of the Cuencas (the Second Transferees) to the titles of the Natividads (the Fourth Transferee), the Adverse Claim of the Gardners continued to be carried, and that throughout the successive transfers, the petitioner...