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Memoria Encinas And Adolfo Balboa, vs National Bookstore, Inc.

MEMORIA G. ENCINAS and ADOLFO A. BALBOA, Petitioners, versus NATIONAL BOOKSTORE, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 162704 | 2004-11-19

D E C I S I O N



Tinga, J.:



Two certificates of title in the names of two different persons cover one and the same piece of land. The question in this case is who is the rightful owner of the property.



The land in question is located at the corner of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City. It was originally part of a larger piece of land designated as Lot No. 4-B-2-B of the subdivision plan Psd-20172,[1] being a portion of Lot 4-B-2 of Plan SWO-16797, per original survey for Valentin Afable, et. al. dated March 3, 1944. Lot No. 4-B-2-A of said plan was in the name of Valentin Afable, while Lot No....