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Government of the Phil., vs. Mercado

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, applicant. CHING LIU & CO., petitioner-appellee, vs. PAULA MERCADO, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. 45290 | 1939-04-19

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila directing the register of deeds of the same city to cancel the annotation of a writ of attachment in favor of the herein appellant, Paula Mercado, which appears on transfer certificate of title No. 44406.

It appears that one Fernando Co Chioco was the owner of a piece of land with the improvements thereon described in the transfer certificate No. 39578, issued by the register of deeds of the City of Manila, which is now title No. 44406. On January 22, 1932, to secure an obligation in the sum of P5,500, he executed a first...