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Camilo F. Borromeo Vs. Antonieta O. Descallar

CAMILO F. BORROMEO, Petitioner, versus ANTONIETTA O. DESCALLAR, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159310 | 2009-02-24

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

What are the rights of an alien (and his successor-in-interest) who acquired real properties in the country as against his former Filipina girlfriend in whose sole name the properties were registered under the Torrens system?

The facts are as follows:

Wilhelm Jambrich, an Austrian, arrived in the Philippines in 1983 after he was assigned by his employer, Simmering-Graz Panker A.G., an Austrian company, to work at a project in Mindoro. In 1984, he transferred to Cebu and worked at the Naga II Project of the National Power Corporation. There, he met respondent Antonietta Opalla-Descallar, a separated mother...