CJ Yulo

DONATION C-J YULO & SONS, INC vs. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SAN PABLO, INC.
/CBR-KING FACTS: On September 24, 1977, petitioner donated unto respondent a parcel of land at Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna on the condition that it shall be used for the construction of a home for the aged and infirm and for other charitable purposes and cannot be used for any other purposes without the consent of the former said land with all real improvements thereon shall revert in otherwise trust to the Donor for prompt disposition in favor of some other charitable organization that Donor may deem best suited to the care of the aged. Thereafter, or sometime in 1980, the donee, for purposes of generating funds to build the perimeter fence on the donated property and the construction of a nucleus building for the aged and the infirm, leased a portion of the donated property to one Martin Gomez who planted said portion with sugar cane. There is no dispute that the lease agreement was entered into by the donee without the prior written consent of the donor, as required in the deed of donation. The lease to Gomez ended in 1985. The following year, 1986, a portion of the donated property was again leased by the donee, this time to one Jose Bostre who used the leased area as a ranch. As explained by the donee, it entered into a lease agreement with Bostre to protect the premises from vandals and for the electrification of the nucleus building of the home for the aged and in the infirm, which was named as Casa dela Merced. As before, however, the donee executed the lease contract without the prior written consent of the donor. After the termination of the Bostre lease agreement, the donee, for the third time, leased a portion of the donated property to one Rudy Caballes who used the leased area for fattening cattles. The donee explained that the lease agreement with Bostre was also for the purposes of generating funds for the completion of Casa dela Merced. Again, however, the donee did not secure the prior written consent of the donor. Hence, on September 20, 1990, pursuant to a board resolution, the donor, through its president Miguel A. Yulo, addressed a letter to the donee informing the latter that it was revoking the donation in accordance with Section 5 of the deed due to the donees non-compliance with and material breach of the conditions thereunder stipulated.
ISSUE: W/N revocation is proper? HELD: NO. Considering the acts of the Roman catholic Bishop of leasing the properties, it did not detract from the very purpose for which the donation was made but precisely to achieve such purpose, a lack of prior written consent of the donor would only constitute casual breach of the deed, which will not warrant the revocation of the donation. The requirement of a prior written consent by the donor for all contracts of lease to be entered into by the donee as an absolute ground for revocation of the donation because such a condition, if not correlated with the purpose of the donation, would constitute undue restriction of the donees right of ownership over the donated property. The Supreme Court further supported its answer by distinguishing the 4 types of donation. Donations, according to its purpose or cause, may be categorized as: (1) pure or simple; (2) remuneratory or compensatory; (3) conditional or modal; and (4) onerous. In the case at bar, it is an onerous donation because it imposes a burden upon Roman Catholic the donee, to build a home for the aged and infirm. Moreover, it cited Article 733 of the New Civil Code provides: Donations with onerous cause shall be governed by the rules on contracts, .Since the law on contracts governs this, the lease contracts were merely casual breaches of the conditions of the donation and did not detract from the purpose by which the donation was made .The general rule is that rescission of a contract will not be permitted for a slight or casual breach, but only for such substantial and fundamental breach as would defeat the very object of the parties in making the agreement Finally, anent petitioners contention the donee had altogether abandoned the idea of constructing a home for the aged and the infirm on the property donated. IT was found out that the area would be converted into an industrial one which will be prejudicial to the health of those aged and the infirm. That is why the Bishop asked permission for a possible exchange or sale of the property to ultimately pursue the purpose of the donation. Hence, no breach is committed.

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DONATION C-J YULO & SONS, INC vs. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SAN PABLO, INC.

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