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Felix Gochan & Sons Realty Corp. vs. V.Canada, etal

FELlX GOCHAN & SONS REALTY CORPORATION, petitioner-appellant, vs. VICENTE CA?ADA, substituted by MONA LISA MA. REYES, and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-49686 | 1988-08-31

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

During the pendency of an action for partition of a parcel of unregistered land, one of the co-owners surreptitiously applied for the registration of the entire parcel under the Torrens system in his name only, without notice to the other co-owner, and, upon obtaining a title, sold the entire lot to a stranger to the action. Did the judgment for partition bind the vendee?

This is an appeal of that vendee from the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the order of the lower court to partition the vendee's lot and hand over one-half of it to the plaintiff in the partition case.

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