Case Digest (G.R. No. 14918)
Facts:
The Government of the Philippine Islands v. Domingo Zamora and Fausta Santo Domingo, G.R. No. 14918, October 18, 1920, the Supreme Court En Banc, Johnson, J., writing for the Court. The appeal arises from cadastral case No. 3 (G. L. R. O. Rec. No. 107) decided by the Court of First Instance of Rizal and concerns two adjoining parcels identified as lots Nos. 9 and 10.On January 27, 1908, Domingo Zamora purchased from the Government a small parcel later alleged to be lot No. 9; he subsequently petitioned for registration under the Torrens system and received a certificate of title on July 12, 1913. On the same day, January 27, 1908, Fausta Santo Domingo purchased a parcel alleged to be lot No. 10, petitioned for Torrens registration, and likewise received a certificate of title on July 12, 1913.
Maria Concepcion Martinez Canas de Reguera opposed registration of the two lots in the cadastral proceedings, asserting that an earlier Torrens certificate (Certificate of Title No. 333) had been issued to her on January 31, 1905, and that each of the later certificates (for lots 9 and 10) included on their southern boundary strips of land that belonged to her and formed part of the Payatas Estate. The strips claimed by Reguera measured 1 hectare, 78 ares, 28 centares for the portion in lot No. 9 and 3 hectares, 37 ares, 88 centares for the portion in lot No. 10.
The Court of First Instance of Rizal sustained Reguera’s contention and awarded the disputed southern strips to her. Domingo Zamora and Fausta Santo Domingo appealed to the ...(Subscriber-Only)
Issues:
- Did Maria Concepcion Martinez Canas de Reguera hold a prior Torrens certificate covering the disputed southern strips of lots 9 and 10 such that her earlier registration prevails over the later certificates issued to Domingo Zamora and Fausta Sa...(Subscriber-Only)
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