Jessette Amihope N.

Castor
1-5A

Numeriano P. Abobon, petitioner

vs
Felicitas Abata Abobon, respondent
August 24, 2011
G.R. No. 172331

Bersamin, J.

FACTS:
Respondents, Felicitas and Gelima Abobon filed an action for recovery of
possession and damages against petitioner claiming that they were the registered
owners of that parcel of unirrigated rice land which they inherited from their father and
covered by transfer certificate of title (TCT). That they had allowed their first cousin,
Numeriano Abobon the free use of the land out of benevolence and that they now
immediately needed the parcel of land for their own use and had accordingly demanded
that petitioner should vacate and return it to them but he had refused and claimed that
he owned the land. He asserted that he inherited the land from his father as part of the
his father’s inheritance from his parents.

ISSUE:
Whether or not Numeriano Abobon is the rightful owner of the land
HELD:
No. A fundamental principle in land registration under the Torrens system is that
a certificate of title serves as evidence of an indefeasible and incontrovertible title to the
property in favor of the person whose name appears therein. His insistence was bereft
of factual support. All the lower courts uniformly found that his evidence related to a
parcel of land which he has presented evidence is entirely different from the land that
the respondents are claiming.

WHEREFORE, the court AFFIRMS the decision promulgated on May 16,2002 in favor
of the respondents.