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MAKILITO B. MAHINAY, PETITIONER, VS. HON. IRENEO LEE GAKO, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 5, CEBU CITY AND JOCELYN B. SORENSEN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 179375] JOCELYN B. SORENSEN, PETITIONER, VS. MAKILITO B. MAHINAY, RESPONDENT.

MAKILITO B. MAHINAY, PETITIONER, VS. HON. IRENEO LEE GAKO, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 5, CEBU CITY AND JOCELYN B. SORENSEN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 179375] JOCELYN B. SORENSEN, PETITIONER, VS. MAKILITO B. MAHINAY, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 165338 | 2011-11-28

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

These consolidated petitions pertain to a legal tug-of-war between persons trying to wrest possession of a coveted Torrens certificate of title, and its collateral effect to the judge who heard their case.
 
In G.R. No. 165338, Makilito B. Mahinay (Mahinay), thru a petition for certiorari[1] directly filed with this Court, seeks to nullify the December 12, 2003 Resolution[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 5, Cebu City in Civil Case No. CEB-16335.  The questioned RTC Resolution denied Mahinay’s motion to compel Jocelyn B. Sorensen (Sorensen) to produce and turn...