G.R. No. 255214 - ROSALINDA M. MANTEL (DECEASED) AND CIPRIANO C. MONTERO, JR., VS. SEBASTIANA MONTERO (DECEASED), AND HON. JUDGE VIRGINIA TEHANO-ANG, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 1, TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, this COURT hereby declares the assailed DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE[,] dated 13 March 2003, executed by PLAINTIFF SEBASTIANA and CIPRIANO MONTERO SR., in favor of Defendant [ROSALINDA], and entered in the Notarial Register of Notary Public in Tagum City, Atty. Ma. Lina Baura as Doc. No. 466, Page 78, Book No. II, Series of 2003, NULL AND VOID for being ABSOLUTELY SIMULATED and FALSE . The Registry of Deeds of the Province of Davao del Norte is hereby directed to cancel Transfer Certificate of Title No. 142-2013002835, registered in the name of defendant, [ROSALINDA], and to cause its reversion to the name of the prior registered owner, PLAINTIFF [SEBASTIANA], by reinstating Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-12066 in the name of [SEBASTIANA], after payment of required fees. SO ORDERED.