Afp Retirement v. Eduardo Sanvictores

Summary

This case involved a contract to sell a subdivision lot where buyer Sanvictores fully paid the purchase price but sellers PEPI and AFPRSBS failed to deliver the title and execute the deed of sale. The key legal issue was whether AFPRSBS could be held jointly and severally liable with PEPI despite claiming it was not a party to the transaction. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower tribunals' finding of solidary liability, ruling that both entities appeared in the contract as a singular 'SELLER' without delineation of obligations, and that AFPRSBS was estopped from denying its representative's authority. The case demonstrates the application of Civil Code provisions on solidary obligations and the doctrine of estoppel in contractual relationships, while also involving administrative law through HLURB proceedings for subdivision regulation violations.