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Melgar vs. Spouses Lilia Melgar and Dema-ala

FORTUNATA MELGAR, married to Gregorio Parra, petitioner, vs. SPOUSES LILIA MELGAR and LORENZO DEMA-ALA, and HON. CASTRENSE C. VELOSO As Judge Court of First Instance of Iloilo, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33406 | 1973-05-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

Appeal by certiorari from a summary order of the Iloilo court of first instance acting as a land registration court ordering the cancellation of an original certificate of title in the name of the mother of the contending parties and the issuance of a transfer certificate of title in the name of respondents-spouses against petitioner's opposition and conflicting claim of ownership of one-half of the land in question.

The Court in its resolution of August 6, 1971, after noting that the issue raised was jurisdictional, ordered that the petition be considered as a special civil action for certiorari and...