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Naawan Community Rural Bank vs CA and Sps Lumo

NAAWAN COMMUNITY RURAL BANK INC., petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and SPOUSES ALFREDO AND ANNABELLE LUMO, respondents.

G.R. No. 128573 | 2003-01-13

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Under the established principles of land registration, a person dealing with registered land may generally rely on the correctness of a certificate of title and the law will in no way oblige him to go beyond it to determine the legal status of the property.

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari challenging the February 7, 1997 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 55149, which in turn affirmed the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch 18 as follows:

WHEREFORE, the plaintiffs-spouses are adjudged the absolute owners and possessors of the properties in...