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G.R. No. 77425 June 19, 1991THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF
MANILA, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF IMUS, n! "#e SPOUSESFLORENCIO
IGNAO n! SOLE$A$ C. IGNAO, petitioners,vs.HON. COURT OF APPEALS,
THE ESTATE OF $ECEASE$ SPOUSES EUSEBIO $E CASTRO n! MARTINA
RIETA,%e&%e'en"e! () MARINA RIETA GRANA$OS n! THERESA RIETA
TOLENTINO, respondents.
G.R. No. 7745* June 19, 1991THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF
MANILA, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF IMUS, n! "#e SPOUSES
FLORENCIO IGNAO n! SOLE$A$ C. IGNAO, petitioners,vs.HON. COURT
OF APPEALS, THE ESTATE OF $ECEASE$ SPOUSES EUSEBIO $E CASTRO n!
MARTINA RIETA,%e&%e'en"e! () MARINA RIETA GRANA$OS n! THERESA
RIETA TOLENTINO, respondents.REGALA$O, J.:
FACTS
August 23, 1930: sps. Eusebio de Castro and Martina Rieta, now
both deceased,
executed a deed o donation in a!or o Ro"an Catho#ic Archbishop
$RCA% o Mani#a
co!ering a parce# o #and at &awit, Ca!ite containing an area
o 9'( s). "eters
*eed o donation donee sha## not dispose or se## the propert+
within a period o 100
+ears ro" the execution o the deed. therwise, a !io#ation o this
wou#d "a-e the
deed !oid and the propert+ wou#d re!ert to the estate o the
donors.
n or about une 30, 19/0: Ro"an Catho#ic ishop o "us, in whose
ad"inistrationa## properties within the pro!ince o Ca!ite owned b+
the Archdiocese o Mani#a was
a##eged#+ transerred on Apri# 2', 19'2, executed a deed o
abso#ute sa#e o the
propert+ in a!or o petitioners #orencio and o#edad gnao in or
411(,000.00.
5o!e"ber 29, 19/(: pri!ate respondents as p#ainti6s, 7#ed a
co"p#aint or
nu##i7cation o deed o donation, rescission o contract and
recon!o+ance o rea#
propert+ with da"ages against the gnao spouses, the bishop o "us
and RCA
Mani#a.
*ece"ber 18, 19/(: gnao spouses 7#ed a "otion to dis"iss. n the
grounds that:
$1% herein pri!ate respondents dont ha!e #ega# capacit+ to sue
and $2% the
co"p#aint states no cause o action.
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b. udicia# action is proper on#+ when there is absence o a
specia# pro!ision
granting the power o cance##ation.
2. &ES. 5*E RE=RC=5 5 RHD= ?5ERD4, C5=RARG = 4@C
4@CG.
a. *5A=5: e6ecti!e transer o tit#e o!er the propert+ ro" the
donor to the
donee. nce a donation is accepted, the donee beco"es the
abso#ute owner o the
propert+ donated. A#though the donor "a+ i"pose certain
conditions in the deed o
donation, the sa"e "ust not be contrar+ to #aw, "ora#s, good
custo"s, pub#ic order
and pub#ic po#ic+.
b. Condition i"posed "ust not be perpetua# or or an unreasonab#e
period o ti"e.
'In the case at ar) *e ho+d that the prohiition in the deed of
donation
against the a+ienation of the propert, for an entire centur,)
eing an
unreasona+e e-ascu+ation and denia+ of an integra+ attriute
ofo*nership) shou+d e dec+ared as an i++ega+ or i-possi+e condition
*ithin
the conte-p+ation of Artic+e ./. of the Civi+ Code0
Conse1uent+,) as
specica++, stated in said statutor, provision) such condition
sha++ e
considered as not i-posed0 No re+iance -a, according+, e p+aced
on said
prohiitor, paragraph in the deed of donation2
$IS3OSITION% Judgment of respondent court is SET ASIDE
andanother judgment is hereby rendered DISMISSI! "ivi#"ase o.
$%&'() of the *T" "avite
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