Title
Escobar vs. Locsin
Case
G.R. No. 48309
Decision Date
Jan 30, 1943
Eusebia Escobar, illiterate, entrusted Domingo Sumangil to claim her land, but he fraudulently registered it in his name. Despite the lapse of the statutory period, the Supreme Court ruled in her favor, enforcing an implied trust and ordering reconveyance, upholding equitable rights over technicalities.
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