G.R. No. 109125 Asuncion vs. CA December 2, 1994

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G.R. No. 109125 Asuncion vs.

CA December 2, 1994

FACTS:

Plaintiff Asuncion et al are tenants of commercial and residential spaces owned by the defendant in
Binondo, Manila. They have occupied these spaces since 1935 and have been compliant to their lease
contract. Sometime in 1986, defendant informed plaintiffs that they are offering to sell the premises for
6M, and plaintiffs counter offered for 5M. Plaintiffs requested that defendant put their offer in writing
which they acceded to. However, defendants did not comply, which compelled plaintiffs to file a
complaint to compel defendants to sell the property to them.

The trial court found that the defendants offer to sell was never accepted by the plaintiffs as they did not
agree upon the terms and conditions of the sale. There was no Contract of Sale at all. Nonetheless, the
lower court ruled that should the defendants subsequently offer their property for sale at a price of P11-
million or below, plaintiffs will have the right of first refusal. Plaintiffs appealed, and the Court of Appeals
held that there was no meeting of the minds on the sale. The case was brought to the Supreme Court.

Pending consideration of the SC, the defendants executed a Deed of Sale transferring property to Buen
Realty and Development Corp for 15M. TCT is now in the name of petitioner Buen Realty Development
Corporation. Petitioner now demanded that the lessees vacate the premises executed by the appellate
court. Appellate court declared the execution orders as without force and effect.

ISSUE:

Whether or not Buen Realty can be held bound by the writ of execution by virtue of notice of lis pendens

RULING:

The Supreme Court affirms the decision of the appellate court.

An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. The obligation is constituted upon the
concurrence of the essential elements thereof (1) juridical tie (2) object or the prestation (3) subject.
Further, a contract undergoes various stages including negotiation, perfection, and consummation. Until
the contract is perfected, it cannot, as an independent source of obligation, serve as a binding juridical
relation. A contract is perfected when a person, called the seller, obligates himself, for a price certain, to
deliver and to transfer ownership of a thing or right to another, called the buyer, over which the latter
agrees.

In the instant case, the plaintiff was merely accorded a “right of first refusal”. Petitioners are aggrieved
by failure of respondents to honor the right of first refusal, remedy is not a writ of execution on the
judgment, since there is none to execute. An action for damages ina proper forum is the apt remedy.

BRDC cannot be held bound to proceedings of prior civil case and cannot be subject to writ of execution.

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