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Balais Mabanag V Register of Deeds of Quezon City (GR No 153142 March 29, 2010) PDF
Balais Mabanag V Register of Deeds of Quezon City (GR No 153142 March 29, 2010) PDF
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SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED
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BERSAMIN, J.:
The issue of citizenship of the registered
owner of land cannot anymore be raised to
forestall the execution of a final and executory
judgment where the objecting party had the
opportunity to raise the issue prior to the
finality of the judgment. The time for assailing
the capacity of the winning party to acquire the
land was during the trial, not during the
execution of a final decision.
Antecedents
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Res judicata barred petitioner’s
objection
In the complaint dated February 22, 1985,
respondent Concepcion, as plaintiff,
categorically averred that she was a Filipino
citizen.12 The petitioner did not deny or
disprove the averment of Filipino citizenship
during the trial and on appeal. The petitioner
did not also advert to the issue of citizenship
after the complaint was amended in order to
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17 Id.
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Quezon City
Herein, even assuming that Ramona was
legally disqualified from owning the subject
property, the decision that voids or annuls
their right of ownership over the subject land
will not inure to the benefit of the petitioner.
Instead, the subject property will be escheated
in favor of the State in accordance with Batas
Pambansa Blg. 185.
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A Word of Caution
In A.C. No. 5469,25 the Court observed as
follows:
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Costs to be paid by the petitioner.
SO ORDERED.
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** Per Special Order No. 828 dated March 16, 2010.
*** Additional Member per Special Order No. 825 dated
March 3, 2010.
**** Additional Member per Special Order No. 829
dated March 16, 2010.
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