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Tichangco vs Enriquez

RENATO TICHANGCO; ROMEO RAMOS, for himself and the SAMAHANG MAGKAKAPITBAHAY NG DULONG GAGALANGIN; ANTONIO PASCO, for himself and the SAMAHANG MAGKAKAPITBAHAY NG BARANGAY 186; CELSO SANTIAGO, for himself and the SAMAHANG NAGKAKAISANG damdamin ng sunog apog; and arturo ballo, for himself and the FEDERATION KAPIT-BISIG HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioners, versus The Honorable ALFREDO ENRIQUEZ, Administrator, Land Registration Authority;The LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY; and/or The UCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST OF SEVERINO MANOTOK, BENITA MANOTOK, AMBROSIO MANOTOK and/or RICARDO MANOTOK, namely, PATRICIA L. TIONGSON and/or ELISA V. MANOTOK, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150629 | 2004-06-30

DECISION

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Unless contrary substantial evidence is presented in the proper proceedings by the proper party, a Torrens certificate of title cannot be overturned. The Torrens system rests on stability -- on the assurance that once ownership is recorded in the proper registry, owners can rest easy on their properties.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] challenging the August 8, 2001 Decision[2] and the October 29, 2002 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 54648. The assailed Decision affirmed the findings of the then Land Registration Authority (LRA) administrator, Alfredo Enriquez, that there were...