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RP vs. CA

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and the PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Batangas City Branch, respondents.

G.R. No. 103746 | 1993-02-09

D E C I S I O N

GRIá'O-AQUINO, J p:

This is a petition for review of the Court of Appeals' decision dated January 24, 1992, affirming the Order dated October 9, 1990 of the Regional Trial Court of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, which granted the petition of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) for reconstitution of certain titles.

On June 21, 1989, the PNB filed a verified petition for judicial reconstitution of Original Certificate of Title No. P-6666 and Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-22487 on the basis of the existing owner's duplicate copies in its custody and possession as mortgagee, because the originals on file in the Office of...