- Petitioner
- Efraim D. Daniel
- Respondent
- Nancy O. Magkaisa
- Citation
- G.R. No. 203815
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- Third Division
- Ponente
- Hernando, J.
- Decided
- December 7, 2020
Summary
This case involves a trust dispute over three parcels of land in Cavite. Consuelo Jimenez Oda sold her properties to her sister Nelidia J. Daniel with instructions to transfer them to Consuelo's grandchildren upon Nelidia's death. Nelidia executed a Declaration of Trust in 1993, acknowledging she held the properties in trust for the respondents, with her husband Efraim's conformity. When Nelidia died in 1996, respondents sought reconveyance but Efraim refused. All three court levels ruled in favor of respondents, finding the Declaration of Trust valid and binding. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts' decisions with modification, ordering Efraim to locate and surrender the property titles and surrender possession of the Medicion lot. The case establishes the enforceability of express trusts and the rights of beneficiaries upon termination of trust due to trustee's death.