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Sps Pontigon et al. vs. Heirs of Sanchez [DISSENTING OPINION, PERALTA, J.]

SPOUSES LUISITO PONTIGON AND LEODEGARIA SANCHEZ ­PONTIGON, PETITIONERS V. HEIRS OF MELITON SANCHEZ, NAMELY: APOLONIA SANCHEZ, ILUMINADA SANCHEZ (DECEASED), MA. LUZ SANCHEZ, AGUSTINA SANCHEZ, AGUSTIN S. MANALANSAN, PERLA S. MANALANSAN, ESTER S. MANALANSAN, GODOFREDO S. MANALANSAN, TERESITA S. MANALANSAN, ISRAELITA S. MANALANSAN, ELOY S. MANALANSAN, GERTRUDES S. MANALANSAN, REPRESENTED BY TERESITA SANCHEZ MANALANSAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 221513 | 2016-12-05

DISSENTING OPINION
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
With all due respect to my esteemed colleagues, I register my dissent from the majority decision on the following grounds:
 
First, both the RTC and the CA found that the execution and approval of the Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale and the subsequent transfer of title of the subject property to petitioners were tainted with irregularities, among which are the following:
 
1. Despite the loss of the original copy of the Original Certificate of Title (OCT) in the custody of the Registrar of Deeds (RD) for Pampanga, the latter still issued a TCT in the name of petitioners merely on the...