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CASIMIRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner,vs.RENATO L. MATEO, Respondent.

Casimiro Development Corporation vs. Renato Mateo deceased, substituted by his surviving spouse Virginia B. Mateo and his daughter Lady Bird Josephine M. Marquez

G.R. No. 175485 | 2011-07-27

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The focus of this appeal is the faith that should be accorded to the Torrens title that the seller holds at the time of the sale.

In its decision promulgated on August 31, 2006, [1] the Court of Appeals (CA) declared that the respondent and his three brothers were the rightful owners of the land in litis, and directed the Office of the Register of Deeds of Las Piñas City to cancel the transfer certificate of title (TCT) registered under the name of petitioner Casimiro Development Corporation (CDC) and to issue in its place another TCT in favor of the respondent and his three brothers....