Pascual V Pascual
Pascual V Pascual
Pascual V Pascual
561, 562
FACTS:
While the proceedings for the probate of the will of the deceased Eduarda de los Santos
were pending, Sinforoso Pascual, instituted in CFI Pampanga against Ponciano S. Pascual
and others, an action for the annulment of a contract of sale of a fishpond situated in
Pampanga, supposedly executed without consideration by said deceased in her lifetime in
favor of the defendants.
o The complaint alleges that plaintiff and defendants are all residents of Rizal, and
are legitimate children of the testatrix, Eduarda de los Santos.
Defendants filed a motion to dismiss, alleging wrong venue
o They argue that an action for the annulment of a contract of sale is a personal
action which must be commenced at the place of residence of either the plaintiff
or the defendant, at the election of the plaintiff
ISSUE:
Is the action brought by plaintiff a real action or a personal action?
RULING:
It is a real action. It appearing that the sale made by the deceased to the defendants is
alleged to be fictitious, with absolutely no consideration, it should be regarded as a
nonexistent, not merely null, contract. And there being no contract between the deceased
and the defendants, there is in truth nothing to annul by action.
The action brought cannot thus be for annulment of contract, but is one for recovery of a
fishpond, a real action that should be, as it has been, brought in Pampanga, where the
property is located.