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Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company Vs. Servando Arguelles, et al./Marilou Trinidad, et al. Vs. Servano Arguelles, et al.

METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Petitioner, vs. SERVANDO ARGUELLES (Deceased) & CLAUDIO ARGUELLES and MARILOU TRINIDAD, for herself and as guardian ad litem of her minor children namely, LLOYD, MARK, ADRIAN, and GEORGIA, all surnamed TRINIDAD, TRISTAN TRINIDAD and EDGARDO TRINIDAD, JR., Respondents. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x MARILOU TRINIDAD, for herself and as guardian ad litem of her minor children LLOYD, MARK, ADRIAN & GEORGIA, all surnamed TRINIDAD, EDGARDO TRINIDAD, JR. and TRISTAN TRINIDAD, Petitioners, vs. SERVANDO ARGUELLES (Deceased) and CLAUDIO ARGUELLES, and METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176984 and G.R. No. 179131 | 2012-08-29

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

ABAD, J.

These cases involve an action for the annulment of a transfer certificate of title (TCT) over a parcel of land on the basis of an allegedly falsified deed of sale transferring title over the property. 

The Facts and the Case 

Respondent brothers, Servando and Claudio Arguelles (the Arguelleses ), were registered owners of a parcel of land in Imus, Cavite, under TCT T-115897. On November 23, 1983 the Arguelleses entered into a conditional sale of the land to Edgardo Trinidad and his wife Marilou (the Trinidads). In accordance with the terms of the sale, the Trinidads gave the...