Facts:

The case involves Banco Nacional Filipino as the petitioner and Manuel Camus and others as the respondents, decided on June 27, 1940. The background of the dispute arises from a civil case, specifically "Philippine National Bank vs. Ricardo S. Nilo and Consolacion Castro de Nilo," where the First Instance Court of Nueva Ecija ordered Ricardo and Consolacion to collectively pay the petitioner P5,025.92, along with annual interest of 8% on the sum of P12,979.20. Failing compliance within three months, the court sanctioned the public auction of certain properties as outlined in Certificates of Transfer Title Nos. 1699 and 1700 to satisfy the judgment. When the petitioner sought to enforce the judgment, they applied for a deficiency judgment amounting to P9,155.05.

In compliance, the Sheriff executed the deficiency judgment by levying on Consolacion Castro de Nilo's interest in a property described in Certificate of Title Original No. 1515, which amounted to a one-sixt

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Facts:

Background of the Civil Case

• The original case, styled “Philippine National Bank vs. Ricardo S. Nilo and Consolacion Castro de Nilo,” was heard by the Juzgado de Primera Instancia of Nueva Ficija.
• The court rendered a judgment ordering the defendants to pay the petitionary Banco Nacional Filipino a specified amount, with interest, or in default, to sell certain parcels of land described in Certificates of Transfer of Title Nos. 1699 and 1700 through public auction.
• Due to incomplete satisfaction of the original judgment despite the execution order, the petitioner sought and obtained a deficiency judgment for an additional amount.

Execution Proceedings and Embargo

• The Sheriff executed the deficiency judgment by seizing the participation of Consolacion Castro de Nilo in a property recorded under Certificate of Title Original No. 1515, which represented a one-sixth (1/6) interest in the property.
• A notification of the embargo was forwarded to the Registrador de Títulos of Nueva Ficija, who on November 5, 1934, duly inscribed the embargo on the said certificate.
• Subsequent to the inscription, the Sheriff sold the confiscated interest at public auction, and after the lapse of the statutory period for a right of retract, issued the final deed of sale in favor of Banco Nacional Filipino.

Subsequent Transactions Affecting the Title

• On November 13, 1934, the Registrador de Títulos recorded a sale executed on August 24, 1934, by Consolacion Castro de Nilo, wherein she sold 416,000 square meters of the property to Trinidad Tinio.
• On November 27, 1934, the same certificate of title also received an annotation reflecting a mortgage. Manuel Castro and Consolacion Castro de Nilo had executed a mortgage in favor of lawyers Manuel Camus and Francisco A. Delgado to secure the sum of P5,877.78.
• On December 24, 1935, Banco Nacional Filipino filed a motion before the Registrador de Títulos seeking:
• Cancellation of Consolacion Castro de Nilo’s title, interest, and participation in the property.
• Registration of the said title, interest, and participation in the name of the petitioner.
• Cancellation of the subsequent inscriptions in favor of Trinidad Tinio and the lawyers Camus and Delgado.

Trial Court Ruling and Appeal

• The trial court denied the petitioner’s motion, basing its ruling on the alleged lack of support for the claim of preferential rights, referencing decisions such as Lanci vs. Yangco and Buencamino Jr. vs. Bantug et al.
• Banco Nacional Filipino appealed, contending that its registered embargo, as executed under the deficiency judgment, was superior to and should prevail over the subsequent annotations of sale and mortgage.
• The core determination was whether the earlier inscription of the execution order (embargo) could override the later recorded transactions.

Issue:

Main Issue

• Whether the prior registration of the embargo (execution order) in favor of Banco Nacional Filipino is superior and takes precedence over the subsequent registration of a sale to Trinidad Tinio and a mortgage in favor of the lawyers Camus and Delgado.

Subsidiary Issues

• Whether the timing of inscription under the Torrens system, particularly the effectuation of rights upon registration, affects the validity and superiority of later instruments.
• The applicability of Article 50 of Law No. 496 in determining the effect of registration as opposed to the mere execution of documents for transfer or encumbrance.

Ruling:

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Ratio:

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Doctrine:

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