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Ramon
Katigbak, et.al.
Facts:
1. The Laperals instituted a complaint
against Katigbak and Kalaw seeking the
recovery of P14000 evidenced by various
promissory notes and for the return of
jewelry delivered to Katigbak for sale on
commission.
2. Upon confession of judgment by Katigbak,
the court rendered judgment against him
to pay the Laperals the said sum and
return of jewelry.
3. About a month after the decision was
rendered, Kalaw filed a complaint against
her husband Katigbak for judicial
separation of property and separate
administration
4. Court granted the said complaint.
5. Laperals filed another complaint against
Kalaw and Katigbak seeking the
annulment of the proceedings for the
above complaint, to enforce judgment
secured by the Laperals on the fruits of
Kalaws paraphernal property and to
secure a ruling declaring the real
property as conjugal property of
Katigbak and Kalaw.
6. Court dismissed the complaint and
rendered the property as paraphernal.
a. Ramon and Evelina got married in
1938.
b. The subject property was
registered in the name of Evelina
Katigbak married to Ramon
Katigbak on December6, 1939
only two years after the marriage.
c. Evelina declares that her mother
Pua was the one that had bought
the property for her
Issue: Whether or not the property is
conjugal
Held: NO
Indeed, all properties acquired during the
marriage are, by law, presumed conjugal. The
presumption however is not conclusive but
merely rebuttable. This is a case where the
presumption has been sufficiently and
convincingly proven.
1. The land in question was purchased for
the wife with her own separate funds.
Other than invoking the presumption, the
burden of denying the evidence so
presented was shifted to the appellant.
2. Deed to the disputed land is in the name
of the wife.
3. At the time of its purchase, the property
was already of such substantial value as
admittedly, the husband, by himself could
not have afforded to buy, considering that
singular source of income then was his
Held: NO
Held: NO
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Held: NO
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