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Manotok Realty, Inc. vs. CLT Realty Development Corp. [2007 RESOLUTION]

MANOTOK REALTY, INC. and MANOTOK ESTATE CORPORATION, Petitioners, versus CLT REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 123346 | 2007-12-14

R E S O L U T I O N
 
TINGA, J,:
 
The stability of the country’s Torrens system is menaced by the infestation of fake land titles and deeds. Any decision of this Court that breathes life into spurious or inexistent titles all but contributes to the blight. On the contrary, the judicial devotion is towards purging the system of illicit titles, concomitant to our base task as the ultimate citadel of justice and legitimacy.

These two petitions[1] involve properties covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 994 which in turn encompasses 1,342 hectares of the Maysilo Estate.[2] The vast tract of land stretches...