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ROC vs RP

IN RE: RECONSTITUTION OF THE ORIGINAL COPY AS WELL AS THE OWNER'S DUPLICATE COPY OF TCT NO. T-38769, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, versus SPOUSES LORENZO and FELICIANA MATEO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148025 | 2004-08-13

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CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On April 30, 1997, spouses Lorenzo and Feliciana Mateo filed before the Regional Trial Court of Balanga, Bataan a petition for "RECONSTITUTION OF THE ORIGINAL COPY AS WELL AS THE OWNER'S DUPLICATE COPY OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-38769" issued on July 16, 1971 by the Registry of Deeds of Bataan in the name of one Jose Tan.



From the Mateos' petition for reconstitution, it is gathered that Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. T-38769 covers two parcels of land forming part of Lot No. 979 of Bagac, Bataan Cadastre situated in barrio Cabog-Cabog, Bagac, Bataan, more particularly...