G.R. No. 134308 - SUSANA MENGUITO, EMELITA MENGUITO-MANALILI, HELEN MARTA MENGUITO-LUNA, RENATO MENGUITO, BERSAMIN MENGUITO, FROILAN MENGUITO AND GENEROSO MENGUITO, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE . Accordingly, the appellees' application for registration is hereby DISMISSED ." [3] The Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City (Branch 157), [4] which was reversed by the appellate court, granted petitioners' application for registration in this wise: [5] "WHEREFORE, the order of general default against the whole world heretofore entered in this case is affirmed, and judgment is hereby rendered confirming the registerable title of the applicants to the land described in their application under plan Swo-13-000227 and its technical descriptions, situated in the Barrio of Ususan, Municipality of Taguig, Metro Manila, and containing an aggregate area of 2,112 square meters; and individual and separate certificates of titles to the lots comprising the said land are hereby ordered registered in the names of the applicants, as follows: 1. For lots 6045-A, 6045-B, 6045-C, and 6045-D in the name of Susana Menguito, of legal age, widow, Filipino citizen, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pater[o]s, Metro Manila; 2. For Lot 6045-E -- in the name of Renato Menguito, of legal age, married to Irene Toledo, Filipino citizen, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pateros, Metro Manila; 3. For Lot 6045-F -- in the name of Bersamin Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pateros, Metro Manila; 4. For Lot 6045-G -- in the name of Generoso Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pateros, Metro Manila; 5. For Lot 6045-H -- in the name of Helen Marta Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pateros, Metro Manila; 6. For Lot 6046-I -- in the name of Froilan Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Zenaida Carag, with residence and postal address at T.Sulit St., Pateros, Metro Manila; 7. For Lot 6045-J -- in the name of Emelita Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Luciano Manalili, with residence and postal address at T. Sulit, St., Pateros, Metro Manila; and 8. For Lot 6045-K -- in the name of Generoso Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Luciano Manalili; and Froilan Menguito, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Zenaida Carag, all with residence and postal address at T. Sulit St., Pateros, Metro Manila. Upon the finality of this Decision, let an Order be issued to the Commissioner of Land Registration Authority for the issuance of the decree of registration and the corresponding certificates of title in favor of the applicants pursuant to Section 39 of PD No. 1529. SO ORDERED.