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Barretto, et al vs. de la Paz, et al [DISSENTING OPINION, BUTTE, J.]

ANTONIO MA. BARRETTO Y ROCHA ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees vs. AUGUSTO H. TUASON Y DE LA PAZ ET AL., defendants-appellants;, ESTANISLAOA ARENAS ET AL., and ANA BARCINAS TORRES ET AL., intervenors-appellants; ERIBERTO TUASON ET AL., intervenors-appellees. [DISSENTING OPINION, BUTTE, J.]

G.R. Nos. 36811, 36827, 36840, 36872 | 1934-03-31

BUTTE, J., dissenting:

I am of the opinion that the assignments of error of the defendants-appellants numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 should be sustained and I, therefore, dissent. 

A Torrens title was issued to the defendants-appellants in 1915 under the provisions of the Land Registration Act (Act No. 496). This court has repeatedly held that such titles are final, irrevocable and incontestable. 

From 1878, when Doña Teresa de la Paz succeeded to the estate of her child, Jose Victoriano Tuason, she held possession as owner until her death in 1890 when the property passed to the defendants all of whom are direct descendants of...