G.R. NO. 158364 - NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, VS. SOLEDAD C. PASCUAL.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, under cool reflection and prescinding from the foregoing, judgment is rendered in favor of defendants Dolores Sabella Maranan and Perlita Canedo, adverse as against the plaintiff. The complaint is dismissed with costs against the plaintiff; Defendant Dolores Sabella Maranan is declared the absolute owner in fee simple title of the land in suit identified as Lot 3, Block 12, of the Tatalon Estate, Quezon City, with an area of sixty five (65) square meters, together with all the improvements thereon, as evidenced by TCT No. 303230 (Exh. 13, pp. 508-509, Record), issued in her name by the Register of Deeds of Quezon City on August 18, 1983, entitled as such with all the dominical rights blossoming forth from her right of ownership thereof, including but not limited to her right to dispose of or sell the same to whoever is interested in the subject property; Plaintiff, her heirs and assigns and all persons claiming rights under her, are ordered to respect and not to molest the peaceful possession and ownership of defendant Dolores Sabella Maranan, her heirs and assigns and representatives over the land in suit. Plaintiff is declared the actual possessor and lawful applicant occupant of that interior lot of the subject Tatalon Estate, where she presently resides, as allotted to her, by way of accommodation or relocation done by defendant National Housing Authority, with right to perfect her ownership thereof, for the eventual issuance of the corresponding title in her name, upon completion of all the requirements and prescribed fees therefor; Plaintiff to pay defendants Maranan and Canedo the amount of P10,000.00 by way of reasonable attorneys fees; Defendants claim for moral and exemplary damages are dismissed for insufficiency of evidence. IT IS SO ORDERED.