Tag: LAND TITLES AND DEEDS
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Department of Education vs. Caleda (G.R. No. 272507)(2025) (CASE DIGEST)
(Note: in re: Land Titles and Deeds) Facts Princess Joama Marcosa A. Caleda (Caleda) is the registered owner of Lot No. 7421, a 10,637-square meter parcel of land covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 4975. Caleda acquired the lot on November 21, 2014, through an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Waiver of Rights…
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HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. (G.R. No. 179987, April 29, 2009) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Mario Malabanan (succeeded by his heirs/petitioners) applied for judicial confirmation of title over a parcel of land in Silang, Cavite. Malabanan claimed he and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious possession for more than thirty (30) years. The earliest documented possession (via Tax Declarations) established by the petitioners dated back…