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Manila Trading & Supply Co. Vs. Reg. Of Deeds Of Manila 094 Phil 290

MANILA TRADING & SUPPLY CO., petitioner-appellant, vs. REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MANILA, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-5623 | 1954-01-28

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

The issue for adjudication is whether the owner of buildings erected on premises leased from another person is required to contribute to the assurance fund when he petitions for annotation of his ownership on the corresponding certificate of Torrens Title.

The facts are simple: The Manila Trading and Supply Co., a corporation, is the lessee of three parcels of land in the Port Area, Manila, belonging to the Philippine Government, such lease having been recorded on the Government's certificate of title No. 4938. The structures built by said company upon the lots were destroyed during the last war; but after...