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Magdalena Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MAGDALENA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., RICARDO CHUNG, JOSE ESTRELLA, LEONCIO PALANCA, NORBERTO ROBLEZA, J.S. VALBUENA, GREGORIO CANCIO, FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO, and JESUS TOMACRUZ, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, MAGDALENA ESTATE, INC., QUEZON CITY, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, QUEZON CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60323 | 1990-04-17

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

A Resolution of the Court of Appeals 1 ordering, on motion, the Register of Deeds to cancel a notice of lis pendens annotated in several Torrens titles, 2 is the subject of the special civil action of certiorari at bar.

The notice of lis pendens was recorded at the instance of the plaintiffs in Civil Case No. Q-18223 of the Court of First Instance at Quezon City. 3 The case involved a dispute regarding the ownership of certain lots within a subdivision known as Magdalena Rolling Hills which the residents claimed had been reserved as an "open space" and therefore could not in any manner be sold, disposed of...