7/23/2019 Leyra v. Jandoc 4 SCRA 595
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G.R. No. 71939 January 25, 1988
ELIGIO T. LEYVA, pettoner,!".#O$RT O% A&&EAL', %RAN#I'#O
LAI( an) *AN$ELA JAN+O#, re"pon)ent".
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Respondent LAIZ fled beore the Court o First Instance o Cotabato
a petition orCancellation o adverse claim annotated on the back o
his Transer Certifcate o Titlecovering a parcel o land registered
in the name Manuela andoc!
"etitioner Lev#a claimed that he e$ecuted a Compromise Agreement
in %&'( )notari*ed in%&+,- .ith Manuela andoc .here the
ormer .ill .ithdra. his opposition in the LandRegistration case in
the condition that certain properties automaticall# belong to him
incase o avorable /udgment or andoc! Respondent Lai* reasoned that
a privateagreement o sale .as e$ecuted in %&0& bet.een him
and Respondent andoc!
The Court o First Instance o 1outh Cotabato ruled against
petitioner and confrmed thesale bet.een Lai* and andoc pertaining
to the parcel o land! The CFI also deniedpetitioner2s Motion or
Reconsideration! The Intermediate Appellate Court a3rmed in totothe
lo.er court2s decision!
4ence a petition or revie. on certiorari .as fled b# petitioner
contending that the IACcommitted grave error in ruling that Lai*2s
deed o absolute sale prevailed over Lev#a2scompromise
agreement!
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567 petitioner Lev#a8 basing his claim on a Compromise
Agreement8 has a better rightover the parcel o land than respondent
Lai*8 .ho e$ecuted a 9eed o 1ale .ithrespondent andoc!
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The instant petition is .ithout merit!
:pon consideration o the oregoing8 the Court o appeals concluded
that the CompromiseAgreement .hether e$ecuted in %&'( or
%&+, bet.een Le#va and andoc cannot prevailover the Agreement o
1ale bet.een Lai* and andoc and that Lai* has a better right
overthe propert# in ;uestion than Le#va!
