- Petitioner
- Napoleon H. Gonzales
- Respondent
- Honorable Court of Appeals
- Citation
- G.R. No. 122611
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- Second Division
- Ponente
- Quisumbing, J.
- Decided
- March 8, 2001
Summary
This case involves a contract interpretation dispute between Napoleon Gonzales and spouses Gabriel and Luzviminda Caballero regarding the sale of real property in Cubao, Quezon City. The Caballeros owned two lots mortgaged to secure a bank loan. When they advertised Lot 1 for sale, Gonzales offered to purchase what he claimed were both lots for P470,000. He paid the bank P375,000 to cancel the mortgage but the spouses signed a deed of sale covering only Lot 1. Gonzales filed for specific performance claiming the sale covered both lots. All three court levels - RTC, CA, and SC - consistently ruled that based on documentary evidence and surrounding circumstances, the sale agreement covered only Lot 1. The Supreme Court emphasized the importance of examining contemporaneous acts and found no reversible error in the lower courts' interpretation that only the 501 sq.m. lot was sold.