- Petitioner
- Heirs of Dionisia Roco Argamosa
- Respondent
- Heirs of Godofredo Navera, Sr.
- Citation
- G.R. No. 242291
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- First Division
- Decided
- March 15, 2022
Summary
This property dispute involved the inheritance rights of Dionisia Roco Argamosa in Lot 7490. After Pedro Roco died intestate in 1949, his five children became co-owners of the property. In 1974, three siblings sold the entire lot to Godofredo Navera Sr. without Dionisia's consent. The Supreme Court ruled that while Dionisia only owned a 1/5 aliquot share (not the entire property as claimed), the sale was void as to her portion due to lack of consent. The Court held that an action for reconveyance based on a void contract is imprescriptible, reversing the Court of Appeals' finding that the action had prescribed. The decision establishes important precedent on co-ownership rights and the prescriptibility of reconveyance actions based on void versus voidable contracts.