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BANK OF COMMERCE VS MANALO FACTS: The Xavierville Estate, Inc. was the owner of parcels of land in Quezon City, known as the Xavierville Estate Subdivision, with an area of 42 hectares. XEI caused the subdivision of the property into residential lots, which was then offered for sale to individual lot buyers. Sometime in 1972, then XEI president Emerito Ramos, Jr. contracted the services of Engr. Carlos Manalo, Jr. who was in business of drilling deep water wells and installing pumps under the business name Hurricane Commercial, Inc. For P34,887.66, Manalo, Jr. installed a water pump at Ramos residence at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City. Manalo, Jr. then proposed to XEI, through Ramos, to purchase a lot in the Xavierville subdivision, and offered as part of the downpayment the P34,887.66 Ramos owed him. XEI, through Ramos, agreed. In a letter dated February 8, 1972, Ramos requested Manalo, Jr. to choose which lots he wanted to buy so that the price of the lots and the terms of payment could be fixed and incorporated in the conditional sale. Manalo, Jr. met with Ramos and informed him that he and his wife Perla had chosen Lots 1 and 2 of Block 2 with a total area of 1,740.3 square meters. In a letter dated August 22, 1972 to Perla Manalo, Ramos confirmed the reservation of the lots. He also pegged the price of the lots at P200.00 per square meter, or a total of P348,060.00, with a 20% down payment of the purchase price amounting to P69,612.00 less the P34,887.66 owing from Ramos, payable on or before December 31, 1972; the corresponding Contract of Conditional Sale would then be signed on or before the same date, but if the selling operations of XEI resumed after December 31, 1972, the balance of the downpayment would fall due then, and the spouses would sign the aforesaid contract within 5 days from receipt of the notice of resumption of such selling operations. It was also stated in the letter that, in the meantime, the spouses may introduce improvements thereon subject to the rules and regulations imposed by XEI in the subdivision . Perla Manalo conformed to the letter agreement. The spouses Manalo took possession of the property on September 2, 1972, constructed a house thereon, and installed a fence around the perimeter of the lots. The spouses Manalo were notified of the resumption of the selling operations of XEI. However, they did not pay the balance of the downpayment on the lots because Ramos failed to prepare a contract of conditional sale and transmit the same to Manalo for their signature . On August 14, 1973, Perla Manalo went to the XEI office and requested that the payment of the amount representing the balance of the downpayment be deferred, which, however, XEI rejected. On August 10, 1973, XEI furnished her with a statement of their account as of July 31, 1973, showing that they had a balance of P34,724.34 on the downpayment of the two lots after deducting the account of Ramos, plus P3,819.68 interest thereon from September 1, 1972 to July 31, 1973, and that the interests on the unpaid balance of the purchase price of P278,448.00 from September 1, 1972 to July 31, 1973 amounted to P30,629.28. The spouses were informed that they were being billed for said unpaid interests.

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BANK OF COMMERCE VS MANALOFACTS:The Xavierville Estate, Inc. was the owner of parcels of land in Quezon City, known as theXavierville Estate Subdivision, with an area of ! hectares. XEI caused the subdivision of the propertyinto residential lots, which was then offered for sale to individual lot buyers.So"eti"e in #$%!, then XEI president E"erito &a"os, 'r. contracted the services of En(r.Carlos )analo, 'r. who was in business of drillin( deep water wells and installin( pu"ps under thebusiness na"e *urricane Co""ercial, Inc. +or ,-,..%.//, )analo, 'r. installed a water pu"p at&a"os residence at the corner of 0urora 1oulevard and 2atipunan 0venue, Quezon City. )analo, 'r.then proposed to XEI, throu(h &a"os, to purchase a lot in the Xavierville subdivision, and offered aspart of the downpay"ent the ,-,..%.// &a"os owed hi". XEI, throu(h &a"os, a(reed. In a letterdated +ebruary ., #$%!, &a"os re3uested )analo, 'r. to choose which lots he wanted to buy so thatthe price of the lots and the ter"s of pay"ent could be fi4ed and incorporated in the conditional sale.)analo, 'r. "et with &a"os and infor"ed hi" that he and his wife ,erla had chosen 5ots # and ! of1lock ! with a total area of #,%6.- s3uare "eters.In a letter dated 0u(ust !!, #$%! to ,erla )analo, &a"os confir"ed the reservation of thelots. *e also pe((ed the price of the lots at ,!66.66 per s3uare "eter, or a total of ,-.,6/6.66, witha !67 down pay"ent of the purchase price a"ountin( to ,/$,/#!.66 less the ,-,..%.// owin( fro"&a"os, payable on or before 8ece"ber -#, #$%!9the correspondin( Contract of ConditionalSalewould then be si(ned on or before the sa"e date, but if the sellin( operations of XEI resu"ed after8ece"ber -#, #$%!, the balance of the downpay"ent would fall due then, and the spouses wouldsi(ntheaforesaidcontract within:daysfro"receipt of thenoticeof resu"ptionof suchsellin(operations. It was alsostatedintheletter that, inthe"eanti"e, thespouses "ay introducei"prove"ents thereon sub;ect to the rules and re(ulations i"posed by XEI in the subdivision. ,erla)analo confor"ed to the letter a(ree"ent.The spouses )analo took possession of the property on Septe"ber !, #$%!, constructed ahouse thereon, and installed a fence around the peri"eter of the lots.Thespouses )analowerenotifiedof theresu"ptionof thesellin(operations of XEI.*owever,they did notpay thebalanceofthe downpay"ent on the lots because &a"osfailed toprepare a contract of conditional sale and trans"it the sa"e to )analo for their si(nature.