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    CRUZ V. CRUZ (G.R. No. 173292, 2010)

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    The petitioner filed a complaint against her son to annul the deed of sale of a property registered under her name. She claimed the deed was executed through fraud and demanded its reconveyance. During trial, the petitioner passed away. The issue was whether the case survived her death. The Supreme Court ruled the case involved property rights and thus survived the petitioner's death, as actions relating to property and property rights survive the death of the petitioner.

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    CRUZ V. CRUZ (G.R. No. 173292, 2010)

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    The petitioner filed a complaint against her son to annul the deed of sale of a property registered under her name. She claimed the deed was executed through fraud and demanded its reconveyance. During trial, the petitioner passed away. The issue was whether the case survived her death. The Supreme Court ruled the case involved property rights and thus survived the petitioner's death, as actions relating to property and property rights survive the death of the petitioner.

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    The petitioner filed a complaint against her son to annul the deed of sale of a property registered under her name. She claimed the deed was executed through fraud and demanded its reconveyance. During trial, the petitioner passed away. The issue was whether the case survived her death. The Supreme Court ruled the case involved property rights and thus survived the petitioner's death, as actions relating to property and property rights survive the death of the petitioner.

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    CRUZ V. CRUZ (G.R. No. 173292, 2010)

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    The petitioner filed a complaint against her son to annul the deed of sale of a property registered under her name. She claimed the deed was executed through fraud and demanded its reconveyance. During trial, the petitioner passed away. The issue was whether the case survived her death. The Supreme Court ruled the case involved property rights and thus survived the petitioner's death, as actions relating to property and property rights survive the death of the petitioner.

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    CRUZ V. CRUZ [G.R. No.

    173292 : September 1, 2010]


    DOCTRINE:
    - A Petition for Declaration of Nullity of Deed of Sale of Real Property is one relating to property and property
    rights, and therefore, survives the death of the petitioner.

    FACTS:
    Memoracion Z. Cruz filed with the RTC in Manila a Complaint against her son, defendant-appellee Oswaldo Z. Cruz,
    for "Annulment of Sale, Reconveyance and Damages." After Memoracion finished presenting her evidence in chief,
    she died. The RTC was informed, albeit belatedly, of the death of Memoracion, and was supplied with the name
    and address of her legal representative, Edgardo Cruz.

    Memoracion claimed that during her union with her common-law husband (deceased) Architect Guido M. Cruz,
    she acquired a parcel of land located at Tabora corner Limay Streets, Bo. Obrero, Tondo Manila; and said lot was
    registered in her name at the Register of Deeds of Manila; and she discovered that the title to the said property
    was transferred by appellee and the latter's wife in their names by virtue of a Deed of Sale; that the said deed was
    executed through fraud, forgery, misrepresentation and simulation, hence, null and void; that she, with the help of
    her husband's relatives, asked appellee to settle the problem; that despite repeated pleas and demands, appellee
    refused to reconvey to her the said property; that she filed a complaint against appellee before the office of the
    Barangay having jurisdiction over the subject property; and that since the matter was unsettled, the barangay x x x
    issued x x x a certification to file [an] action in court, now the subject of controversy.

    ISSUES:
    Whether the Court of Appeals erred in ruling that Memoracion Z. Cruz's Petition for Annulment of Deed of Sale,
    Reconveyance and Damages is a purely personal action which did not survive her death; and

     
    RULING
    NO. The question as to whether an action survives or not depends on the nature of the action and the damage
    sued for. In the causes of action which survive, the wrong complained [of] affects primarily and principally property
    and property rights, the injuries to the person being merely incidental, while in the causes of action which do not
    survive, the injury complained of is to the person, the property and rights of property affected being incidental.
    Here, the petition for annulment of deed of sale involves property and property rights, and hence, survives the
    death of petitioner Memoracion.

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