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PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks the reversal
of the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated July 31,
2006, as well as the Resolution2 dated June 20, 2007, which
dismissed the complaint for unlawful detainer filed by peti-
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1 Penned by Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes, with Associate Justices
Rebecca De Guia-Salvador and Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa, concurring.
Rollo, pp. 45-56.
2 Id., at pp. 57-60.
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3 Shelter Contract Award No. 31. Id., at pp. 62-68.
4 Id., at p. 63.
5 Id., at p. 64.
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6 Id., at p. 405.
7 Id., at p. 406.
8 Id., at pp. 72-76.
9 Penned by Presiding Judge Lorinda B. Toledo-Mupas. Id., at pp.
104-106.
10 Decision dated December 29, 2003. Id., at pp. 141-149.
11 Id., at p. 146.
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that upon full payment of the value of the house and lot,
respondent shall become the owner thereof.16 The issues,
which involve “the propriety of terminating the
relationship contracted by the parties, as well as the
demand upon [respondent] to deliver the premises and to
pay unpaid reimbursements,”17 extend beyond those
commonly involved in unlawful detainer suits, thus,
converting the instant case into one incapable of pecuniary
estimation exclusively cognizable by the RTC.18
Moreover, the appellate court faulted petitioner for
failing to comply with the mandatory twin requirements for
a valid
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12 Id., at p. 147.
13 Otherwise known as the “Realty Installment Buyer Act.”
14 Supra note 10, at p. 149.
15 Supra note 1.
16 Supra note 1, at p. 53.
17 Supra note 1, at pp. 53-54.
18 Supra note 1, at p. 54.
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19 Supra note 1, at pp. 54-55.
20 Supra note 2.
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21 Petition, Rollo, pp. 15-16.
22 Nabus v. Pacson, G.R. No. 161318, November 25, 2009, 605 SCRA
334, 350, citing Coronel v. Court of Appeals, 331 Phil. 294; 263 SCRA 15
(1996).
23 Supra note 3, at p. 65.
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24 Abaya Investments Corporation v. Merit Philippines, G.R. No. 176324, April
16, 2008, 551 SCRA 646, 653, explaining Nera v. Vacante, 3 SCRA 505 (1961) and
Zulueta v. Mariano, 111 SCRA 206 (1982).
25 Memorandum for the Defendant, Rollo, p. 116.
26 G.R. No. 147695, September 13, 2007, 533 SCRA 242.
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27 Id.
28 Penned by HLU Arbiter Ma. Perpetua Y. Aquino. Rollo, pp. 256-
270.
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29 Otherwise known as “The Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’
Protective Decree.”
30 Supra note 28, at p. 262.
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31 Supra note 28, at p. 263.
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37 ART. 1589. The vendee shall owe interest for the period between
the delivery of the thing and the payment of the price, in the following
three cases:
x x x
(3) Should he be in default from the time of judicial or extrajudicial
demand for the payment of the price. (Emphasis supplied)
38 Supra note 9, at p. 105.
39 Rollo, p. 280.
40 Supra note 3, at p. 63.
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the land, paid the first installment and was issued the
corresponding certificate of sale. (Republic vs. Tuastumban,
586 SCRA 600 [2009])
In a contract to sell, the payment of the purchase price is
a positive suspensive condition, the failure of which is not a
breach, casual or serious, but a situation that prevents the
obligation of the vendor to convey title from acquiring
obligatory force. (Heirs of Cayetano Pangan and Consuelo
Pangan vs. Perreras, 597 SCRA 253 [2009])
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