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Spouses Dadizon vs. Court of Appeals and Spouses Mocorro

SPS. NESTOR and FELICIDAD DADIZON, Petitioners, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and SPS. DOMINADOR and ELSA MOCORRO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159116 | 2009-09-30

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The mere execution of a deed of sale covering an unregistered parcel of land is not enough to bind third persons. A succeeding step - the registration of the sale - has to be taken. Indeed, registration is the operative act to convey or affect the unregistered land insofar as third persons are concerned.

Spouses Nestor and Felicidad Dadizon (Dadizons), the defendants in the trial court, seek the review of the resolutions dated February 26, 2003 and June 30, 2003, respectively dismissing their petition for review[1] and denying their motion for reconsideration,[2] both issued by the Court of Appeals (CA).

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