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    The plaintiffs filed a case in 1957 claiming their ancestors had been in continuous possession of the land since 1957. However, the land had been registered under the Torrens system since 1914 in the name of the defendant's predecessor. Both defendants had been issued titles for the land. The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint and found that the defendants had the better claim, as the land had been registered under the Torrens system in the name of the defendant's predecessor since 1914, and there was no evidence the defendants knew of any title defects when acquiring the property.

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    The plaintiffs filed a case in 1957 claiming their ancestors had been in continuous possession of the land since 1957. However, the land had been registered under the Torrens system since 1914 in the name of the defendant's predecessor. Both defendants had been issued titles for the land. The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint and found that the defendants had the better claim, as the land had been registered under the Torrens system in the name of the defendant's predecessor since 1914, and there was no evidence the defendants knew of any title defects when acquiring the property.

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    Tiburcio V PHHC

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    The plaintiffs filed a case in 1957 claiming their ancestors had been in continuous possession of the land since 1957. However, the land had been registered under the Torrens system since 1914 in the name of the defendant's predecessor. Both defendants had been issued titles for the land. The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint and found that the defendants had the better claim, as the land had been registered under the Torrens system in the name of the defendant's predecessor since 1914, and there was no evidence the defendants knew of any title defects when acquiring the property.

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    12 Tiburcio v PHHC

    Sometime in 1957, plaintiffs filed an action alleging that their ancestors have been in actual, adverse, open, public, exclusive and continuous possession as owners of the land in litigation and that they have been cultivating the land and enjoying its fruits exclusively. However, it appears that the land in question has been placed under the operation of the Torrens system since 1914 when it has been originally registered in the name of defendant's predecessor-in-interest. Defendant PHHC acquired from the original owner a parcel of land for which TCT was issued in its favor and defendant UP acquired from the same owner another portion of the land for which TCT was issued in its favor. The trial court dismissed the complaint.

    Issue: Who has the better right?

    Held: The defendants. It is therefore, clear that the land in question has been registers in the name of defendant's predecessor-in-inters since 1914 under the Torren's system. There is also nothing in the complaint to show that when defedants acquired the property it knew of any defect in the title appealing on its face in the form of any lien or incumbrace. Said defendants are therefore, presumed to be purchasers for value and in good faith and as such are entitled to protection under the law.

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