Central Philippine University… · G.R. 112127

Petitioner: Central Philippine University
Respondent: Court of Appeals
Citation: G.R. No. 112127
Court: Supreme Court
Division: First Division
Ponente: Bellosillo, J.
Decided: July 17, 1995

Summary

Central Philippine University received donated land in 1939 from Don Ramon Lopez Sr. with conditions to establish a medical college, prohibit third-party transfers, and name it 'Ramon Lopez Campus.' The donor's heirs filed suit in 1989 for reconveyance due to non-compliance. The Regional Trial Court ordered reconveyance, but the Court of Appeals reversed, finding no fixed period for compliance and remanding for period determination. The Supreme Court reinstated the trial court decision, ruling the donation was onerous with resolutory conditions. After more than 50 years without establishing the medical college, the Court found sufficient time had passed for compliance and ordered reconveyance to the heirs within 30 days, emphasizing that doubts in gratuitous contracts should favor least transmission of rights.

Statutes applied

Civil Code, Art. 1181

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