G.R. No. L-24771 – 33 SCRA 936 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Consequence of Indefeasibility In 1916, a homestead patent was awarded to Carolina Aggasid for a parcel of land located in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. The lot was later subdivided into two, Lot 984 and Lot 985. […]
G.R. No. 75336 – 166 SCRA 512 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Indefeasibility of a Torrens Title; Purchase from one who procured title by FRAUD In 1927, Sixto Dumolong and his legal wife Isabel Marquez-Dumolong were awarded a parcel of land. Their marriage, however was not blessed by […]
G.R. No. L-52064 – 133 SCRA 718 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Judgment Confirms Title – Only claimed portion/property can be adjudged Mariano De Vera died in 1951. His widow administered his property until her death in 1966. De Vera’s nephew (Salvador Estrada) took over as administrator […]
G.R. No. L-36637 – 84 SCRA 76 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Judgment Confirms Title – In whose name may title be dealt with – Sec 29, PD 1529 In 1964, it was proven that a parcel of land located in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, is owned […]
G.R. No. L-22710 – 20 SCRA – Civil Law – Obligations and Contract – Extinguished Obligation Via Payment Cannot Be Revived From 1951 to 1952, Philippine Ready-Mixed Concrete Co., Inc. (PRMCCI) undertook to build roads for the government. PRMCCI is to get its payment from the Bureau of Public Works. On […]
G.R. No. 138945 – 409 SCRA 306 – Civil Law – Obligations and Contract – Void Contracts – Lack of Consent In 1966, Dorotea Inot and 2 of her children, Victoriano Baba and Gregorio Baba sold a parcel of land to Felix Gochan and Sons Realty Corporation (Gochan Realty). Consequently, […]
G.R. No. 77770 – 168 SCRA 503 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Judgment Confirms Title – Sec 30 and 32 PD 1529 A court ruling (Philippine Islands vs Abran) settled that 12 parcels of land belonged to one Consolacion Gomez. Consolacion later died and the 12 parcels […]
GR No. L-30786 – 127 SCRA 512 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Perfected Contract of Sale Olegario Clarin was the owner of a 10-hectare land in Carmen, Bohol. The same was said to be his share from the other co-owners. In 1959, he executed a Contract of […]
G.R. No. L-32694; G.R No. L-33119 – 115 SCRA 63 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Execution of Compromiso de Venta is not tantamount to “Possession” – Indefeasibility of a Torrens Title In 1956, Fidel Silvestre filed for a homestead application for a parcel of land he’s been […]
G.R. No. 133250 – 433 Phil. 506 – 384 SCRA 152 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Lands of the Public Domain The Public Estates Authority (PEA) is the central implementing agency tasked to undertake reclamation projects nationwide. It took over the leasing and selling functions of […]
G. R. No. 156888 – 507 SCRA 283 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Spanish Titles Inadmissible as Evidence In 1994, Victoria Rodriguez inherited a parcel of land from his father. She leased the land to Pedro Santiago and Armando Mateo for a period of 50 years. […]
G.R. No. 173775; G.R. No. 167707 – 568 SCRA 164 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Regalian Doctrine – Land Classifications – Boracay Cases – Positive Act by the Government in Reclassifying Lands – No Acquisitive Prescription in Inalienable Lands These are two consolidated cases. G.R. No. […]
G.R. No. 135385 – 347 SCRA 128 (400 Phil. 904) – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – IPRA Law vis-à-vis Regalian Doctrine Former Justice Isagani Cruz, a noted constitutionalist, assailed the validity of the Republic Act No. 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA Law) on the […]
G.R. No. L-2746 – 7 Phil. 132 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine On June 23, 1903, Mateo Cariño went to the Court of Land Registration (CLR) to petition his inscription as the owner of a 146 […]
G.R. No. L-56483 – 129 SCRA 513 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Contract of Sale – Efficacy – Need to Register Sale in the Registry of Deeds – PD 1529 Tomas de Vera was the owner of two parcels of land in Tondo, Manila. In 1961, de Vera […]
G.R. No. L-36249 – 135 SCRA 557 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Contract of Sale – Ownership – Rescission of a Sales Contract – Unjust Enrichment On November 21, 1964, Chan Lin offered to buy 170 cavans of rice from Aniceto Sandoval at P37.25/sack (P6,332.50). Sandoval agreed; so […]