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Asuncion Urieta Vda De Aguilar, represented by Orlando U. Aguilar Vs. Ederlina B. Alfaro, et al.

ASUNCION URIETA VDA. DE AGUILAR, represented by ORLANDO U. AGUILAR, Petitioner, versus SPOUSES EDERLINA B. ALFARO and RAUL ALFARO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164402 | 2010-07-05

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

In an action for recovery of possession of realty, who has the better right of possession, the registered owner armed with a Torrens title or the occupants brandishing a notarized but unregistered deed of sale executed before the land was registered under the Torrens system?

As we previously ruled in similar cases,[1] we resolve the question in favor of the titleholder.

Factual Antecedents

On August 3, 1995, petitioner filed a Complaint for Recovery of Possession and Damages[2] before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. She alleged that on May 16, 1977, her husband Ignacio...