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2009-08-25 |
NACHURA, J. |
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| We reiterate our recent ruling in Rabaja Ranch Development Corporation v. AFP Retirement and Separation Benefits System,[42] to wit: The Torrens system is not a mode of acquiring titles to lands; it is merely a system of registration of titles to lands, x x x justice and equity demand that the titleholder should not be made to bear the unfavorable effect of the mistake or negligence of the State's agents, in the absence of proof of his complicity in a fraud or of manifest damage to third persons. The real purpose of the Torrens system is to quiet title to land and put a stop forever to any question as to the legality of the title, except claims that were noted in the certificate at the time of the registration or that may arise subsequent thereto. Otherwise, the integrity of the Torrens system shall forever be sullied by the ineptitude and inefficiency of land registration officials, who are ordinarily presumed to have regularly performed their duties. | |||||