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Victorino Hernandez vs. CA, et al.

VICTORINO HERNANDEZ, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and SUBSTITUTED HEIRS OF REV. FR. LUCIO V. GARCIA (DECEASED). respondents.

G.R. No. L-41132 | 1988-04-25

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J p:

To those prevented by fraud from proving their title to land subject of registration proceedings in another's name, the law affords the remedy of review of the decree of registration by petition in the land registration court within one year from its issuance of the order. 1 This was the remedy availed of by Victorino Hernandez, but as he could convince neither the Court of First Instance of Rizal nor the Court of Appeals 2 of the merits of his petition, he failed in his bid to reopen and correct the decree in Land Registration Case No. N-2488 declaring Fr. Lucio V. Garcia the absolute owner of three parcels...