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2005-12-02 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| On July 31, 2001, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) rendered a Decision[3] which affirmed the judgment of the MTC, annulled the Affidavit of Self-Adjudication, ordered the cancellation of Tax Declaration No. 5752, and declared Spouses Salvador and Carmencita Valle as the absolute owner of the land in dispute. The RTC ruled that the deed of donation, on which the respondents based their claim, was a donation inter vivos because, other than the title and the phrase "to take effect after her death", the deed, as it was worded, clearly disposed of the property with finality and without reservation. It cited the landmark case of Laureta v. Mata and Magno[4] stating that one who donates with a term, such as the donation effecting at one's death, but without reservation, already disposes of the thing donated and cannot again dispose of the thing in favor of another. | |||||