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Director Of Public Works Vs. Sing Juco Et Al.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SING JUCO ET AL., defendants. SING JUCO, SING BENGCO and PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, appellants.

G.R. No. 30181 | 1929-07-12

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

From Torrens certificate of title No. 1359, relating to land in the municipality of Iloilo, it appears that on September 28, 1920, the title to the property described therein was owned, in undivided shares, by Mariano de la Rama, Gonzalo Mariano Tanboontien, Sing Juco and Sing Bengco. The interest vested by said certificate in Mariano de la Rama was subsequently transferred by sale to Enrique Echaus. It further appears that on November 23, 1920, the owners of the property covered by said certificate conveyed it by way of mortgage tot he Philippine National Bank for the purpose of securing a credit in current...