Numeriano P. Abobon vs. Felicitas Abata Abobon 678 SCRA 399 Summary

NUMERIANO P. ABOBON, Petitioner, vs. FELICITAS ABATA ABOBON and GELIMA ABATA ABOBON, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155830 | 2012-08-15

Attorney's fees, the factual and legal basis for the award must be stated in the text (body) of the court decision, if stated only in the dispositive portion, the same must be disallowed on appeal
The core issue in an action for the recovery of possession of realty is only the priority right to the possession of the realty
Torrens title, the person whose name appears in the title has preferential right to the possession of the land covered by the said title
Torrens title, not subject to collateral attack under Section 48 of PD 1529

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The controversy involves the rightful possession of a parcel of registered land. The respondents, who were the registered owners, sued the petitioner, their first cousin, to recover ¹ the possession of the land in question, stating that they had only allowed the petitioner to use the land out of pure benevolence, but the petitioner asserted that the land belonged to him as owner by right of succession from his parents.

Antecedents

Respondents Felicitas and Gelima Abobon were the plaintiffs in this action fer recovery of possession and damages...