G.R. No. 148025 - IN RE: RECONSTITUTION OF THE ORIGINAL COPY AS WELL AS THE OWNER’S DUPLICATE COPY OF TCT NO. T-38769, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. SPOUSES LORENZO AND FELICIANA MATEO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

accordingly rendered judgment in favor of the Mateos and disposed in this wise: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the appeal is hereby GRANTED. The Orders dated September 14, 1998 and January 22, 1999, are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE , and a new one entered declaring the lost original copy of TCT No. T-38769 of the Register of Deeds of Balanga, Bataan, as well as the lost owners duplicate copy thereof, as null and void , and ordering the Land Registration Authority and/or the Register of Deeds to reconstitute the original copy of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-38769 in the name of Jose Tan for Lots Nos. 1186 and 1187, on the basis of the decision dated March 17, 1969 (Exh. M), Decree No. N-133969 dated March 11, 1971 (Exh. O) and xerox copy of TCT No. 38769 (Exh. I), and for aforenamed public officials to issue, upon payment of the lawful fees therefor to petitioners-appellants the owners duplicate copy of said TCT No. T-38769 in the name of Jose Tan in exactly the same terms and conditions in lieu of the lost one. No costs. SO ORDERED.