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Sps. Antonio and Leticia Vega Vs. Social Security System, et al.

SPS. ANTONIO & LETICIA VEGA, Petitioner, versus SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM (SSS) & PILAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents

G.R. No. 181672 | 2010-09-20

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

This case is about the lack of authority of a sheriff to execute upon a property that the judgment obligor had long sold to another although the registered title to the property remained in the name of the former.

The Facts and the Case

Magdalena V. Reyes (Reyes) owned a piece of titled land[1] in Pilar Village, Las Piñas City. On August 17, 1979 she got a housing loan from respondent Social Security System (SSS) for which she mortgaged her land.[2] In late 1979, however, she asked the petitioner spouses Antonio and Leticia Vega (the Vegas) to assume the loan and buy her house and lot since she wanted to...