- Petitioner
- Dolorita C. Beatingo
- Respondent
- Lilia Bu Gasis
- Citation
- G.R. No. 179641
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- Second Division
- Ponente
- Nachura, J.
- Decided
- February 9, 2011
Summary
This case involves a double sale dispute where Flora G. Gasis sold the same property (Lot No. 7219) to two different buyers - first to petitioner Beatingo in 1998, then to respondent Gasis in 1999. Neither sale was registered. The RTC applied Article 1544 of the Civil Code and ruled in favor of respondent who had actual possession and exercised ownership rights, while petitioner failed to pay fully and take possession. Petitioner's appeal was dismissed by the CA for failure to file appellant's brief despite extensions. The Supreme Court affirmed both the procedural dismissal and the substantive ruling, emphasizing that actual possession in good faith prevails over mere constructive delivery in double sale cases where neither transaction is registered.