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Vivencia Estrellado Vs. Proceso Martinez 048 Phil 256

VIVENCIA ESTRELLADO, assisted by her husband CORNELIO ALCANTARA, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. PROCESO MARTINEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 23847 | 1925-11-18

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

The single legal question at issue in this case may be framed thus: May a person who is wrongfully deprived of land or of any estate or interest therein, without negligence on his part, by the registration of another person as owner of such land, successfully maintain an action for damages. begun before the action is barred, against the person in whose favor the decree of registration was issued, where such decree was not obtained by actual fraud and where a petition for review on the ground of fraud has been denied?

The pleadings are simple. The plaintiff is Vivencia Estrellado, a minor, represented by...