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Manotok vs. Heirs of Barque [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, CARPIO MORALES, J.]

SEVERINO M. MANOTOK IV, FROILAN M. MANOTOK, FERNANDO M. MANOTOK III, MA. MAMERTA M. MANOTOK, PATRICIA L. TIONGSON, PACITA L. GO, ROBERTO LAPERAL III, MICHAEL MARSHALL V. MANOTOK, MARYANN MANOTOK, FELISA MYLENE V. MANOTOK, IGNACIO V. MANOTOK, JR., MILAGROS V. MANOTOK, SEVERINO MANOTOK III, ROSA R. MANOTOK, MIGUEL A.B. SISON, GEORGE M. BOCANEGRA, MA. CRISTINA E. SISON, PHILIPP L. MANOTOK, JOSE CLEMENTE L. MANOTOK, RAMON SEVERINO L. MANOTOK, THELMA R. MANOTOK, JOSE MARIA MANOTOK, JESUS JUDE MANOTOK, JR. AND MA. THERESA L. MANOTOK, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY- IN-FACT, ROSA R. MANOTOK, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF HOMER L. BARQUE, REPRESENTED BY TERESITA BARQUE HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 162335 & 162605 | 2010-08-24

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION 

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

DENR Memorandum Order No. 16-05 of October 27, 2005 (Order 16-05) is significant in resolving the issue of validity of titles over friar lands.  Its relevance cannot be ignored.

Previous pronouncements state that all lots in the Piedad Estate have been disposed of even before the Second World War.[1]  In the present case, three sets of claimants over Lot 823 of the Piedad Estate submitted their respective evidence.  After sifting through the evidence and rejecting spurious and stale documents, the ponenciafinds that petitioners were able to produce...