Spouses Alberto Garrido v. The Court of Appeals

Summary

Heirs challenged the validity of a property sale involving inherited land subject to donation restrictions. Tomas Hingco had donated half of Lot 209 to his stepdaughter Magdalena with prohibition against sale/transfer. After inheriting the entire property, Magdalena sold it to the Suplemento spouses despite the restrictions. The heirs discovered the sale years later and filed suit claiming forgery and invalidity. The Supreme Court affirmed lower courts' decisions, ruling that petitioners lacked standing to challenge donation condition violations since they were not the donor's heirs, and that the sale was valid. The Court rejected newly presented handwriting evidence as not meeting requirements for newly discovered evidence, emphasizing the need for reasonable diligence during trial proceedings.