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FRANCISCO BAGUIO v. REPUBLIC

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	GR No. 175685 2013-08-07	REPUBLIC v. ANGELES BELLATE BRION, J.
Once a patent is registered and the corresponding certificate of title is issued, the land covered by it ceases to be part of the public domain and becomes private property, and the Torrens Title issued pursuant to the patent becomes indefeasible upon the expiration of one year from the date of issuance of such patent.[38] However, as held in The Director of Lands v. De Luna, et al.,[39] even after the lapse of one year, the State may still bring an action under Section 101[40] of Commonwealth Act No. 141 for the reversion to the public domain of land which has been fraudulently granted to private individuals.[41] The burden of proof rests on the party who, as determined by the pleadings or the nature of the case, asserts the affirmative of an issue.[42] In other words, the Republic has the burden to prove that Angeles committed fraud in his application for free patent.
	GR No. 139672 2009-03-04	GREGORIO ARANETA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION v. RTC OF KALOOKAN CITY LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.
With the reality that the presumption of authenticity and regularity enjoyed by the petitioner's title has been overcome and overturned by the aforementioned decisions nullifying the aforesaid Compromise Agreement from whence the petitioner's title sprung, that title can never be indefeasible as its issuance was replete with badges of fraud and irregularities that rendered the same nugatory. Well-settled is the rule that the indefeasibility of a title does not attach to titles secured by fraud and misrepresentation.[13] In view of these circumstances, it was as if no title at all was ever issued in this case to the petitioner and therefore this is hardly the occasion to talk of collateral attack against a title.
	GR No. 164527 2007-08-15	FRANCISCO I. CHAVEZ v. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY VELASCO, JR., J.
As early as 1999, this Court in Baguio v. Republic laid down the jurisprudence that: It is true that, once a patent is registered and the corresponding certificate of title is issued, the land covered by them ceases to be part of the public domain and becomes private property, and the Torrens Title issued pursuant to the patent becomes indefeasible upon the expiration of one year from the date of issuance of such patent.[78] The doctrine was reiterated in Republic v. Heirs of Felipe Alijaga, Sr.,[79] Heirs of Carlos Alcaraz v. Republic,[80] and the more recent case of Doris Chiongbian-Oliva v. Republic of the Philippines.[81] Thus, the 79-hectare reclaimed land became patrimonial property after the issuance of certificates of titles to the NHA based on Special Patents Nos. 3592 and 3598.
	GR NO. 133168 2006-03-28	REPUBLIC v. BENJAMIN GUERRERO GARCIA, J.
Lest it be overlooked, a piece of land covered by a registered patent and the corresponding certificate of title ceases to be part of the public domain. As such, it is considered a private property over which the Director of Lands has neither control nor jurisdiction.[31]