WENCESLAO EBANCUEL (NOW DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: ADORACION EBANCUEL, MELITA EBANCUEL, ALBERT EBANCUEL, ROWENA EBANCUEL, AILYN EBANCUEL, AND WILLIAM EBANCUEL, PETITIONERS, VS. ROMULO ACIERTO, SEGUNDINO ACIERTO, BENJAMIN BARNACHIA, FELIZA BARNACHIA, MOISES BARNACHIA, ROMEO…
- G.R. Number: G.R. No. 214540
- Promulgated: 2024-03-04
- Ponente: GAERLAN, J.
Keywords
Rule 45 Rules of Court, Property Registration Decree Section 47, Laches cannot defeat registered owner's right to recover property, Indefeasibility of Torrens Title, Imprescriptibility of action to recover registered land, Doctrine of Ancient Documents (cited by respondents, but not applied), Recovery of Possession, Property Ownership, Accion Publiciana, Laches, Torrens Title, Prescription, Preponderance of Evidence, Certificate of Title, Tax Declaration, Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Quitclaim, Petition granted, Decision reversed and set aside, Respondents ordered to vacate property, Respondents ordered to surrender possession