G.R. No. 195975 - TAINA MANIGQUE-STONE, VS. CATTLEYA LAND, INC., AND SPOUSES TROADIO B. TECSON AND ASUNCION ORTALIZ-TECSON.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the main case as follows: 1. Quieting the title or ownership of the plaintiff in Lot 5 by declaring the sale in its favor as valid and enforceable by virtue of a prior registration of the sale in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1529 otherwise known as the Property Registration Decree; 2. Ordering the cancellation of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 21771 in the name of defendant TAINA MANIGQUE-STONE and the issuance of a new title in favor of the plaintiff after payment of the required fees; and 3. Ordering the defendant to desist from claiming ownership and possession thereof. Without pronouncement as to costs. As to defendant's third[-]party complaint against spouses x x x Tecson[,] x x x judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. Ordering the return of the total amount of Seventy-seven Thousand (P77,000.00) Pesos to the third[-]party plaintiff with legal rate of interest from the time of the filing of the third[-]party complaint on June 28, 2004 until the time the same shall have been fully satisfied; and 2. Ordering the payment of P50,000.00 by way of moral and exemplary damages and x x x of attorney's fees in the amount of P30,000.00 and to pay the costs. SO ORDERED.