21. SPS. VIRGILIO F. SANTOS & ESPERANZA LATI SANTOS, SPS.VICTORINO F. SANTOS, & LAGRIMAS SANTOS, ERNESTO F. SANTOS, SANTOS, and TADEO TADEO F. SANTOS, SANTOS, Petitioners, vs. SPS. JOSE LUMBAO and PROSERFINA LUMBAO, Respondents. LUMBAO, Respondents. [G.R. No. No. 1!12! Ma"#$ 2%, 2' C(ICO)NAZARIO, J.:* TOPIC+ II. Gn"a- P"o/0/on0 DOCTRINE+ Whatever rights and obligations the decedent have over the property were transmitted to the heirs by way of succession, a mode of acquiring the property, rights and obligations of the decedent to the extent of the value of the inheritance of the heirs. FACTS+ 1. Petitioners Virgilio, Victorino, rnesto and !adeo, all surnamed "antos, are the legitimate legitimate and surviving surviving heirs of the late Rita #atoc "antos $Rita%, who died on &' (ctober 1)*+. Petitioners sperana -ati and -agrimas "antos are the daughtersinlaw of Rita. &. Respondent Respondents s "pouses /ose /ose -umbao and Proserfi Proserfina na -umbao are the alleged alleged owners owners of the 1'0square 1'0square meter meter lot $subect property%, which they purportedly bought from Rita during her lifetime. 2. R/a 0o-d o "0ondn0 So300 L345ao $ 0356# "o"7 which is a part of her share in the estate of her deceased mother, 3aria 3aria #atoc $3aria%, who died intestate. a. 4t was /dn# 57 do#34n0 n/-d, 8B/-/$an n9 L3a: 5. Respondent Respondents s -umbao later later on too6 actual actual possessi possession on thereof thereof and built built a house which which they have been been occupying as exclusive owners up to the present. +. -umbaos -umbaos made several several demands demands from Rita Rita and the the heirs for them them to execute execute the necessary necessary document documents s to effect the issuance of a separate title in their favor. a. -umbaos alleged that prior to her death, Rita informed respondent Proserfina -umbao she could not deliver the title to the subect property because the entire property inherited by her and her coheirs from 3aria had not yet been partitioned 7. -umbaos alleged that the petitioners acted fraudulently fraudulently and are conspiring conspiring with with another by executing a 8eed of xtraudicial "ettlement portioning among themselves the properties of 3aria, including the subect property. 0. -umbaos then sent a formal demand to petitioners petitioners but the latter refused to reconvey reconvey the subect subect property. property. "o the -umbaos filed a #omplaint for Reconveyance before R!# of Pasig #ity. *. Petitione Petitioners rs denied the the alleged sale sale to -umbaos and that that the xtraudic xtraudicial ial "ettlem "ettlement ent was duly published published as required by law. ). -umbaos -umbaos then amended amended their complain complaint, t, discoveri discovering ng that the petition petitioners ers executed executed a 8eed of Real state state 3ortgage in favour of /ulieta ". splana for P2','''. 1'. !he R!# ruled in favor favor of the petitioners and ordered the the -umbaos to pay them P2',''' for expenses incurred. 11. 11. !he #9 ruled in favor favor of the respondent spouses -umbao. 1&. :ence the petition; petition; a. Petitioners contend that they are not bound by the <=ilihan ng -upa> because it is null and void for being falsified because of the following; i. one of those documents made itit appear that that petitioners Virgilio Virgilio and !adeo !adeo were witnesses witnesses to its execution and that they appeared personally before the notary public, when in truth and in fact they did not. ii. 4dentity 4dentity of the the properties properties were were not establishe established d by the evidence evidence presented presented iii. Respondent Respondents s are estopped estopped by laches laches from from claimin claimining ing iv. iv. #laim #laim on the the properti properties es had already already prescri prescribed. bed. petitioner heirs bound to the <=ilihan <=ilihan ng -upa> executed by the Rita, their mother, mother, in favor of the ISSUE; ISSUE; 9re the petitioner respondent spouses -umbao? (ELD+ ;0. P//on dn/d. 1. Gn Gn"a"a- R3-; heirs are bound by contracts entered into by their predecessorsininterest predecessorsininterest 2. whatever rights and obligations the decedent have over the property were transmitted to the heirs by way of succession, a mode of acquiring the property, rights rights and obligations of the decedent to the extent of the value of the inheritance of the heirs <. 4n the present case the heirs cannot escape the obligation of the deceased since they o nly inherited the property. =. =eing heirs, there is privity of interest between them and their deceased mother. T$7 on-7 03##d o >$a "/9$0 $/" 4o$" $ad and >$a /0 a-/d and 5/nd/n9 a9a/n0 $" /0 a-0o a-/d and 5/nd/n9 a0 a9a/n0 $4. ?. Da$ o@ o@ a a"7 a"7 do0 no no #30 #30 non) non)"@o" "@o"4an# 4an# o@ o@ a #on"a# #on"a# which which involves a property right and the rights and obligations thereunder pass to the personal representatives of the deceased.
. :eirs must reconvey to the respondent -umbaos the 1'0sq. m. lot. OT(ER ISSUE+ the documents <=ilihan ng -upa> is presumed valid being notaried, a public instrument, unless the contrary has been proved. 4n the case, petitioners failed to prove the falsity of the documents.
