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Anastacio Manangan vs Angel de los Ryes, et al.

ANASTACIO MANANGAN, petitioner, vs. ANGEL DELOS REYES, GERMAN DELOS REYES, AURELLANA DELOS REYES, JOSEFINA DELOS REYES and INOCENCIO DELOS REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. 115794 | 1999-06-10

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

Can possession by a vendee of an unregistered real property defeat the torrens title thereon later secured by the vendor inspite of the sale, where the title was obtained in land registration proceedings filed thirty eight (38) years ago?

In this appeal via certiorari, petitioner seeks to reverse the decision1 [In CA-G.R CV No. 20459, promulgated on April 19, 1993, Austria-Martinez, J. ponente, De Pano, Jr., and Abad Santos, Jr., JJ., concurring.] of the Court of Appeals holding that an action for reconveyance or recovery of ownership of the land fraudulently titled to respondent has prescribed and is barred...