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Sta Lucia v. City of Pasig
Sta Lucia v. City of Pasig
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ment itself, they do not create or vest title. They merely confirm or
record title already existing and vested. They cannot be used to
protect a usurper from the true owner, nor can they be used as a
shield for the commission of fraud; neither do they permit one to
enrich himself at the expense of other.
Same; Mere reliance therefore on the face of the Transfer
Certificates of Title (TCT) will not suffice as they can only be
conclusive evidence of the subject properties’ locations if both the
stated and described locations point to the same area.—Although
it is true that “Pasig” is the locality stated in the TCTs of the
subject properties, both Sta. Lucia and Cainta aver that the metes
and bounds of the subject properties, as they are described in the
TCTs, reveal that they are within Cainta’s boundaries. This only
means that there may be a conflict between the location as stated
and the location as technically described in the TCTs. Mere
reliance therefore on the face of the TCTs will not suffice as they
can only be conclusive evidence of the subject properties’ locations
if both the stated and described locations point to the same area.
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13 Id., at p. 69.
14 Id., at p. 70.
15 Id., at pp. 7172.
16 Id., at p. 72.
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17 Id., at p. 237.
18 Id., at p. 93.
19 Id.
20 Id., at p. 95.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ERRORS
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THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN
AFFIRMING [WITH MODIFICATION] THE DECISION OF THE
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN PASIG CITY
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21 Id., at p. 54.
22 Id., at p. 46.
23 Id., at p. 47.
24 Id., at p. 102.
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II.
THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN NOT
SUSPENDING THE CASE IN VIEW OF THE PENDENCY OF
THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE WHICH WILL FINALLY
DETERMINE THE SITUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES
III.
THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN NOT
HOLDING THAT THE PAYMENT OF REALTY TAXES
THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAINTA WAS VALID
PAYMENT OF REALTY TAXES
IV.
THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN NOT
HOLDING THAT IN THE MEANTIME THAT THE BOUNDARY
DISPUTE CASE IN ANTIPOLO CITY REGIONAL TRIAL
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25 Id., at p. 17.
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26 Id., at p. 93.
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“In this case, it is basic that before the City of Tagaytay may
levy a certain property for sale due to tax delinquency, the subject
property should be under its territorial jurisdiction. The city
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SO ORDERED.
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