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Manotok Realty, Inc., et al. Vs. CLT Realty Development Corporation

[2/3] MANOTOK REALTY, INC. and MANOTOK ESTATE CORPORATION, Petitioners, versus CLT REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 123346 | 2009-03-31

IV. The task of the Special Division was not limited to assessing the claims of the Heirs of Dimson and CLT. We likewise tasked the Special Division to ascertain as well the validity of the titles held by the Manotoks and Araneta, titles which had been annulled by the courts below. Facially, these titles of the Manotoks and Araneta reflect, as their valid mother title, OCT No. 994 dated 3 May 1917. Nonetheless, particular issues were raised as to the validity of the Manotok and Araneta titles independent of their reliance on the 3 May 1917 OCT No. 994 vis-áÂ-vis the inexistent 19 April 1917 OCT No. 994.

A. We begin by evaluating the...