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2003-07-11 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| Before us is a petition for review of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 53485 which affirmed the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 14, in Civil Case No. 17,817 dismissing the petitioner's complaint, and the resolution of the Court of Appeals denying his motion for reconsideration of the said decision. The Antecedents[3] | |||||
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2003-07-11 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| recovery of the same because as an alien, he was disqualified from acquiring and owning lands in the Philippines. The sale of the three parcels of land to the petitioner was null and void ab initio. Applying the pari delicto doctrine, the petitioner was precluded from recovering the properties from the respondent. Alfred appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals[45] in which the petitioner posited the view that although he prayed in his complaint in the court a quo that he be declared the owner of the three parcels of land, he had no intention of | |||||