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Benita Salao vs. Benito Crisostomo

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TITLE. BENITA SALAO, applicant-appellee, vs. BENITO CRISOSTOMO, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29146 | 1985-08-05

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This appeal, certified to Us by the Court of Appeals, poses the legal question of whether or not an applicant for a sales patent of a parcel of land has the legal personality to oppose the application for registration of the same land filed by a party under Act No. 496.

Appellee Benita Salao applied for registration of two parcels of land, designated as Lot Nos. 1 and 2, Psu-204034, situated in Bo. Dampalit, Malabon, Rizal. The application was docketed as Land Registration Case No. N-4753, LRC Record No. N-26218 of the Court of First Instance of Rizal.

The appellee's claim of ownership is based on Article...