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HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN v. REPUBLIC G.R. No. 179987 September 3, 2013 Possession, Property Registration Decree, Regalia Doctrine

November 13, 2018

FACTS: Mario Malabanan filed an application for land registration covering the property he purchased from Eduardo Velazco, claiming that the property formed part of the alienable and disposable land of the public domain, and that he and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, uninterrupted, public and adverse possession and occupation of the land for… Read More HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN v. REPUBLIC G.R. No. 179987 September 3, 2013 Possession, Property Registration Decree, Regalia Doctrine

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Vernon T. Reyes vs. Republic of the Philippines G.R. No. 141924 January 23, 2007 Requisites for an application for Land Registration

FACTS: On February 5, 1996, herein petitioner, filed with the RTC an application for confirmation and registration of his imperfect title over a parcel of land. Petitioner alleged inter alia in his application that on December 24, 1992, he and the other grandchildren of the late Eusebio Vicente executed a Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement wherein… Read More Vernon T. Reyes vs. Republic of the Philippines G.R. No. 141924 January 23, 2007 Requisites for an application for Land Registration