G.R. NO. 152149 - BENJAMIN SUBIDO, FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE HEIRS OF THE LATE ABELARDO SUBIDO, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Accordingly, [Gorgod] was allowed to establish jurisdictional facts. Immediately also, [Gorgod] was presented as the sole and only witness to justify the granting of the petition. On May 28, 1997, the Republic submitted its formal opposition to the petition, attaching the Second Supplementary Report of LRA dated May 09, 1997, a copy of the Decision of the [CA] Special Ninth Division in CA G-R. CV Nos. 00705 and 00706 entitled, Heirs of Eulalio Ragua et al., petitioners-appellees, versus, Republic of the Philippines, et. al. The Second Supplementary Report which was formally submitted by LRA on May 29, 1997, pertinently reads: "x x x x x x x x x 3. In the 3rd Indorsement dated April 28, 1997 of Engr. Alberto H. Lingayo, Acting Chief, Ordinary and Cadastral Decree Division, this Authority, the following additional information, relative to the above-entitled petition and its enclosure were found to wit: 1. P erusal of TCT No. 95582 (Annex "B") shows that it is a derivative of OCT No. 632, -. the same OCT No. 632 which was the subject of Case No. C-119 (GLRO Rec. No. 7984) in consolidation with Civil Case No. Q-8559, Branch XVIII of the Court of First Instance of Quezon City. On 24 March 1980, the court a quo rendered its decision, the dispositive portion of which reads: "WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court renders judgment " 1. In Civil Case No. 119, the Quezon City Register of Deeds is ordered to reconstitute in the name of Eulalia Ragua Original Certificate of Title No. 632, ".; 2. In Civil Case No. Q-8559 declaring null and void, and canceling the administratively reconstituted OCT 632 (8802) and Transfer Certificate of Title derived therefrom including TCT 88082, ", and all (or) any [TCT] derived therefrom. xxx xxx xxx SO ORDERED.