G.R. No. 199180 - THELMA RODRIGUEZ, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND, VS. SPOUSES JAIME SIOSON AND ARMI SIOSON, ET AL..DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered declaring that: 1) [Thelma] is entitled to the relief of permanent injunction prayed for in Civil Case No. 7394 against the respondents. Insofar as defendants [Mayor Pascual] and the [Municipality] are concerned, not only did they acknowledge expressly the ownership of [Thelma] of Lot 398-A, they have disowned the commission of any act in derogation of [Thelma's] right of ownership of the lot and did not contest anymore the action of [Thelma] in said case; 2) Insofar as Civil Case No. 7664 is concerned, the second deed of sale entered into by [Neri] with the [respondents] is hereby declared null and void, and [TCT] No. T-226775 of the Registry of Deeds of Bataan which was issued by defendant Register of Deeds pursuant to said second deed of sale is likewise declared null and void, and accordingly, the Register of Deeds for the Province of Bataan is ordered to cancel said certificate of title and to reinstate [TCT] No. T-209894 in the name of [Neri], married to [Violeta]; 3) The new owner's copy of [TCT] No. T-209894 is hereby declared null and void as the original owner's copy is not lost but actually exists and is presently in the custody of the Municipal Treasurer of Orani, Bataan. In consequence, defendant Register of Deeds of Bataan is directed to cancel said new owner's copy of [TCT] No. T-209894; and 4) [The respondents] are hereby ordered to jointly and severally pay to [Thelma] attorney's fees in the amount of Twenty[-]Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00). All counterclaims of [the respondents] are denied for lack of basis in fact and in law. No pronouncement as to costs. SO ORDERED.