The petitioner bank sued the widow Miguela C. Dailo to recover property used as collateral for a loan obtained by her late husband Marcelino Dailo, Jr. without her consent. The court ruled in favor of Miguela, finding that the property was part of the conjugal partnership between Miguela and Marcelino and that the bank failed to prove the loan benefited the family as required. Therefore, the property could not be held liable for the loan.
The petitioner bank sued the widow Miguela C. Dailo to recover property used as collateral for a loan obtained by her late husband Marcelino Dailo, Jr. without her consent. The court ruled in favor of Miguela, finding that the property was part of the conjugal partnership between Miguela and Marcelino and that the bank failed to prove the loan benefited the family as required. Therefore, the property could not be held liable for the loan.
The petitioner bank sued the widow Miguela C. Dailo to recover property used as collateral for a loan obtained by her late husband Marcelino Dailo, Jr. without her consent. The court ruled in favor of Miguela, finding that the property was part of the conjugal partnership between Miguela and Marcelino and that the bank failed to prove the loan benefited the family as required. Therefore, the property could not be held liable for the loan.
The petitioner bank sued the widow Miguela C. Dailo to recover property used as collateral for a loan obtained by her late husband Marcelino Dailo, Jr. without her consent. The court ruled in favor of Miguela, finding that the property was part of the conjugal partnership between Miguela and Marcelino and that the bank failed to prove the loan benefited the family as required. Therefore, the property could not be held liable for the loan.
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HOMEOWNERS SAVINGS & LOAN BANK, - The CA favored Miguela.
petitioner - Hence this petition.
v MIGUELA C. DAILO, respondent ISSUES: - W/N the conjugal partnership is liable for the payment of loan FACTS: obtained by the late Marcelino Dailo, - Respondent Miguela C. Dailo and Jr. the same having redounded to Marcelino Dailo, Jr. were married on the benefit of the family. August 8, 1967. During their marriage, the spouses purchased a RULING: house and lot. - The petition lacks merit. - The Deed of Absolute Sale, however, was executed only in favor of the late - The Court held that the property Marcelino Dailo, Jr. as vendee relation in this case shall be thereof to the exclusion of his wife. governed by Family Code, and suppletorily by Civil Code. - In 1993, through a grant of Special - The spouses were married in 1967, Power of Attorney to Lilibeth having no marriage settlement. Gesmundo, Marcelino obtained a Thus, their properties were governed loan from petitioner Homeowners by the system of Conjugal Property Savings and Loan Bank, secured by of Gains. the property in San Pablo. - Gesmundo also executed a Real - For the property to be held liable, Estate Mortgage on the subject the obligation contracted by the late property in favor of petitioner spouse must have redounded to the without the knowledge and consent benefit of the conjugal partnership. of respondent. - The burden of proof that the debt - The loan matured and remained was contracted for the benefit of the outstanding which led to the conjugal partnership of gains lies foreclosure of the mortgage. with the creditor-party litigant. - The court held that for failure to - In 1995, Marcelino died. present clear proof that the said obligation redounded to the benefit - Respondent claimed that she had no of the family which under Article 121 knowledge of the mortgage and the of the Family Code, the subject property was conjugal in nature, property could not be held liable. thus she instituted Nullity of Real Estate Mortgage and Certificate of Sale, etc. against petitioner. - WHEREFORE, the petition is - Petitioner prayed for the dismissal of DENIED. the complaint on the ground that the property in question was the exclusive property of the late Marcelino Dailo, Jr.