G.R. No. 63915 – 136 SCRA 27 – Civil Law – General Principles – Publication of Laws – Presidential Proclamations Invoking the people’s right to be informed on matters of public concerns as well as the principle that laws to be valid and enforceable they must be published in the Official […]
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594 SCRA 555 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Innocent Purchaser – Sunshine Finance Doctrine Eagle Realty Corporation, a company engaged in the real estate business, bought a parcel of land from a certain Reyes in 1984 via a Deed of Sale. This Reyes acquired the land […]
548 SCRA 401 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title – Cancellation if there is fraud Victorino Viloria claimed that he is the owner of a parcel of land in Iba, Zambales covered by TCT 16156; that he and his wife went to and settled […]
549 SCRA – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title Not Formally Issued – Publication In 1970, the Director of Lands in Camarines Sur filed a cadastral case. Norma Royales was a claimant and notice was published in the Official Gazette. In 1975, the lower court rendered […]
545 SCRA 186 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Title – Original Certificate of Title Lourdes Pascua petitioned for the reconstitution of the original title of a parcel of land (Lot 3209) located in Pagsanjan, Laguna. She said that the lot was sold to her parents […]
544 SCRA 185 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Reconstitution of Land Title – Annotation by the Registry of Deeds The Pacific Mills Corporation owned 5 parcels of land in Quezon City covered by four certificates of title. Pacific Mills sold the land to Naraindas Gagoomal and Engracio […]
564 SCRA 331 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Documents Needed for Reconstitution of Land Title Dominador Santua was claiming that he is the owner of a parcel of land in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. He could not, however, produce the original copy of the certificate as it was […]
61 Phil. 467 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Primacy of a Torrens Title – Compensation In 1894, the Roman Catholic Church of Manila acquired ownership over the Dinalupihan Rice Estate. In 1914, a decree of registration was handed over by the court in favor of the Roman […]
G.R. No. 155594 – 482 Phil. 485 – 439 SCRA 273 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Elements of a Contract of Sale – Determining the Intention of Parties in a Contract [of Sale] Blas and Hutalla were living in California in 1988 when they agreed to execute a […]
G.R. No. 154554 – 511 Phil. 41 – 474 SCRA 427 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Breach of Warranties – Contract of Sale Goodyear Philippines was the owner of an Isuzu car which was hijacked in 1986. Goodyear reported it to the police. PNP issued an alert […]