Villanueva vs Florendo Property

VILLANUEVA vs. FLORENDO

FACTS: Spouses Villanueva and Garcia, parents of the peoners, were owners of a land in Cagayan. Garcia died intestate, leaving her husand and children as sole and only legi!ate heirs. The spouse, without having the land paroned, sold the western poron of the lot to the wife of one of his children. "pon learning of the sale, the peoners signi#ed their intenon to redee! the lot, ut respondent refused, stang stang that as wife of one of the legal heirs, rede!pon will not lie against her. $TC found in favor of respondent. %SS"&: '() the respondent is a *third party+ against who! rede!pon can e eercised against, pursuant to Art. -/01 2&34: 'ithin the !eaning of Art. -/0, the ter! 5third person5 or 5stranger5 refers refers to all persons who are not heirs in succession, and y heirs are !eant only those who are called either y will or the law to succeed the deceased and who actually succeeds. %n short, a third person is any one who is not a co6 owner. $espondent seller Villanueva, as co6owner and efore paron, has the right to freely sell and dispose of his undivided interest or his %deal share ut not a divided part and one with oundaries as what was done in the case at ar.