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2009-04-07 |
TINGA, J. |
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| Spouses Juanito and Lydia Villamil (petitioners) represented by their son and attorney-in-fact, Winfred Villamil, filed a complaint[3] for annulment of title, recovery of possession, reconveyance, damages, and injunction against the Spouses Mateo and Purificacion Tolentino (Spouses Tolentino), Lazaro Villarosa (Villarosa) and the Register of Deeds of Quezon City before the RTC of Quezon City. The complaint alleged that petitioners were the registered owners of a parcel of land situated at Siska Subdivision, Tandang Sora, Quezon City, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 223611[4]; that Juanito Villamil Jr. asked permission from his parents, petitioners herein, to construct a residential house on the subject lot in April 1986; that in the first week of May 1987, petitioners visited the lot and found that a residential house was being constructed by a certain Villarosa; that petitioners proceeded to the Office of the Register of Deeds to verify their title; that they discovered a Deed of Sale[5] dated 16 July 1979 which they purportedly executed in favor of Cipriano Paterno (Paterno) as the vendee; that they later found out that the TCT in their names was cancelled and a new one, TCT No. 351553, was issued in the name of Paterno; that a Deed of Assignment[6] was likewise executed by Paterno in favor of the Spouses Tolentino, and; that on the basis of said document, TCT No. 351553 was cancelled and in its place TCT No. 351673[7] was issued in the name of the Spouses Tolentino. | |||||