G.R. NO. 162846 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JOSE LUBIS MASONGSONG AND JUANITO LUBIS MASONGSONG. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The lost text of Decree No. 639024 issued on June 21, 1937 in the name of Serapio Lubis is cancelled and the Administrator of the Land Registration Authority, upon payment of the prescribed fees due thereon, is hereby ordered to issue a new decree in lieu thereof which shall bear a memorandum that it was issued in lieu of the lost or destroyed decree, but shall in all respect be entitled to like faith and credit as the original decree. Also, the Register of Deeds for the Province of Batangas, Batangas City is hereby ordered to cause the registration of the same in the name of Serapio Lubis. SO ORDERED.