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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. 137739. March 26, 2001.]

ROBERTO B. TAN, Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE BANKING CORP., HELEN LEONTOVICH VDA. DE AGUINALDO and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OF MARIKINA, Respondents.

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:


This is a petition for review on certiorari filed by Roberto Tan (petitioner) seeking to reverse and set aside the resolutions, dated 28 August 1998 and 23 February 1999, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 39903. In the said resolutions, the CA directed the Register of Deeds of Marikina to reinstate the Transfer Certificates of Title (TCT) Nos. 194096 and 194098 in the name of Philippine Banking Corporation (respondent bank) over the same parcel of land already covered by petitioner’s valid and subsisting TCT No. 296945.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

The antecedent facts of the case as culled from the decision 1 of the CA are as follows: On 29 December 1995, petitioner bought from Helen L. Aguinaldo (respondent Aguinaldo) a parcel of land at the Valley Golf Subdivision in Antipolo, Rizal. The lot was then covered by TCT No. 294192 in the name of respondent Aguinaldo. No claims, liens or encumbrances appeared on the said title. After payment of the agreed purchase price, TCT No. 294192 was cancelled and a new one (TCT No. 296945) in the name of petitioner was issued.

On 29 February 1996, two (2) months after he bought the property, petitioner was served a copy of the petition for certiorari filed by respondent bank in CA-G.R. SP No. 39903. Said petition stated that petitioner was "being sued here as a nominal party as the new registered owner of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 296945." It was only then .that petitioner learned that the lot he bought from respondent Aguinaldo was subject of legal dispute between her and respondent bank.

It appears that respondent Aguinaldo and her husband Daniel R. Aguinaldo obtained a loan in the amount of two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00) from respondent bank some time in December 1977. To secure the payment of this obligation, the Aguinaldos executed in favor of respondent bank a real estate mortgage over three parcels of land situated in Antipolo and Cainta, Rizal covered by TCT Nos. 234903, 153844 and 151622. In January of 1985, Daniel Aguinaldo obtained three more loans from respondent PBC totalling over five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00). He died without having paid these loans.

Upon maturity of these loans, respondent bank sent a demand letter to respondent Aguinaldo, as administratrix of the estate of her husband. Despite said demand, the loans remained unpaid. Respondent bank thus initiated extra-judicial foreclosure proceedings on the real estate mortgage. In the public auction sale, the mortgaged properties were sold to respondent bank as the highest bidder.

On 15 February 1990, before the expiration of the redemption period of one year, respondent Aguinaldo filed a complaint for the nullification of the aforesaid foreclosure proceedings, docketed as Civil Case No. 90-1705-A, with Branch 71, Regional Trial Court, Antipolo, Rizal. In said proceedings, the parties (respondent Aguinaldo and respondent bank) entered into a Joint Partial Stipulation of Facts stating, among others, that they "agree that the decision to be rendered by this Honorable Court [RTC] shall be final and unappealable, subject only to the filing within the reglementary period of the usual motion for reconsideration." chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

On 20 April 1995, the trial court rendered its decision the dispositive portion of which reads:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered as follows:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

(1) The Notice of Sheriff’s Sale dated February 10, 1989, Certificate of Sale dated March 10, 1989, Affidavit of Consolidation executed by the defendant bank, and the deed of sale dated February 1, 1995 executed by the bank in favor of the Terraces Realty & Development Corporation are hereby declared null and void and of no legal force and effect;

(2) The Register of Deeds of Marikina, Metro Manila is hereby ordered to cancel Transfer Certificates of Title No. 194096 and 194098 in the name of the bank and Transfer Certificate of Title No. 275504 in the name of Terraces Realty & Development Corporation, and to issue, in lieu thereof, new titles in the name of the plaintiff or her successor-in-interest upon proof by the latter of the payment to be made by them to the bank or by similar proof that such amount is deposited by the plaintiff in trust for the bank.

The plaintiff shall pay to the bank or deposit the amount in trust for the bank within fifteen (15) days from receipt of a copy of this decision the amounts as follows:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

(a) on the promissory note for P176,623.24 — The amount of P176,623.24 plus the stipulated 12% interest per annum from January 24, 1985 until March 10, 1989; and 12% interest per annum on said amount of P176,623.24 from March 11, 1989 until fully paid.

(b) on the promissory note for P380,000.00 — The amount of P380,000.00 plus 14% interest per annum from January 24, 1985 until March 10, 1989; and 12% interest per annum on said amount of P380,000.00 from March 11, 1989 until fully paid; and

(c) on the promissory note of P31,000.00 — The amount of P31,000.00 14% interest per annum from January 24, 1985 until March 10, 1989; and 12% interest per annum of said amount of P31,000.00 from March 11, 1989 until fully paid.

(3) The claim of plaintiff for damages and attorney’s fees is hereby denied.

No pronouncement as to costs. 2

Respondent bank filed a motion for reconsideration of the said decision. Pending resolution thereof, respondent bank moved for the inhibition of the presiding judge. The motion for inhibition was granted, thus, the case was re-raffled to Branch 72. The presiding judge thereof subsequently denied respondent bank’s motion for reconsideration. Respondent bank then filed a notice of appeal but the same was denied on the ground that it (respondent bank) already waived its right to appeal pursuant to the joint stipulation. The decision was declared final and executory.

On 6 October 1995, the Clerk of Court of Branch 72 issued a certification that the decision had become final. Upon presentation of the trial court’s decision and certification, the Register of Deeds of Marikina canceled respondent bank’s TCT No. 194096 and 194098 and Terraces Realty & Development Corporation’s TCT No. 275504 and issued new titles in lieu thereof, all in the name of respondent Aguinaldo. She subsequently sold the lot covered by one of these titles to petitioner who was then issued TCT No. 296945 therefor.chanrobles virtual law library

Respondent bank filed a motion for reconsideration of the decision of the trial court but the same was denied. It then brought the case to the CA by way of certiorari. In its decision, dated 27 February 1998, the CA substantially granted the reliefs prayed for by respondent bank and directed the trial court to, among others, give due course to respondent bank’s appeal and elevate the records of the case to the CA for review. The CA, however, denied respondent bank’s prayer for the reinstatement of its TCTs stating that the averments as against petitioner are insufficient to make up a cause of action against the latter. 3

Respondent bank thereafter moved for a partial reconsideration of the CA decision insofar as it denied its prayer for the reinstatement of its TCTs. For his part, petitioner filed a motion to cancel notice of lis pendens while respondent Aguinaldo filed a motion for reconsideration. Acting on these motions, the CA issued the assailed resolution of 28 August 1998 the dispositive portion of which reads:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

WHEREFORE, the Motion to Cancel Notice of Lis Pendens dated 23 March 1998 filed by respondent Roberto B. Tan and the motion for reconsideration filed by respondent Helen Leontovich Vda. De Aguinaldo dated 23 March 1998 are hereby DENIED, for lack of merit.

Petitioner’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration dated 20 March 1998 is hereby GRANTED and par.(d) of the dispositive portion of our decision promulgated on 27 February 1998 is hereby MODIFIED to read as follows:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

Directing the Registrar of Deeds to reinstate the cancelled Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. 194096 & 194098 in the name of petitioner and Transfer Certificate of Title No. 275504 in the name of Terraces Realty & Development Corporation, or issue new ones in the event this is not legally feasible in their favor, pending review of the case on appeal.

SO ORDERED. 4

Petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration but it was denied by the appellate court in its resolution of 23 February 1999. Hence, petitioner filed the instant petition assigning the following errors:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

1. The Court of Appeals erred and committed serious irregularity in directing the "reinstatement" of Philbank’s cancelled TCT No. 194096 (or the issuance of a new one in its place), in the fact of an existing TCT in Roberto Tan’s name over the same parcel of land, and absent any proper direct action and judgment for reconveyance against him which rescinds or cancels his TCT No. 296945;

2. The Court of Appeals erred and acted without jurisdiction in deciding upon the question of whether Philbank’s cancelled TCT No. 194096 should be reinstated, or a new title issued in its place, this being within the exclusive jurisdiction of regional trial courts, and outside the scope of a certiorari proceeding. 5

The Court required respondent bank and respondent Aguinaldo to file their respective Comments. Thereafter, the parties were required to file their respective memoranda.

The Court finds the petition meritorious.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

The first assailed CA resolution (28 August 1998) directing the Register of Deeds of Marikina to reinstate the TCTs of respondent bank had the effect of canceling petitioner’s title over the same parcel of land. The CA clearly committed reversible error in issuing the aforesaid resolution. Petitioner was not even a party to the action between respondent Aguinaldo and respondent bank in the court a quo. Petitioner was impleaded only in the certiorari case filed by respondent bank in the CA. In fact, the petition filed by respondent CA merely stated that petitioner was being "sued as a nominal party in his capacity as the new registered owner of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 296945." 6 Other than this averment, there were no allegations to constitute a cause of action against petitioner. As the CA held in its main decision:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

Private respondent Roberto Tan has filed a motion to dismiss on two grounds, one of which is." . . the petition stales no cause of action against Roberto B. Tan." In his submission to support this ground, Tan claims being a buyer in faith and for value (P2.5 Million), P2 Million of which came from a loan directly paid by the lender bank to the seller, and the full consideration was fully paid.

Under the circumstances obtaining, the prayer under paragraph 3.5 cannot be granted. The aforequoted averments as against private respondent Roberto B. Tan are insufficient to make up a cause of action for the desired relief. 7

The CA, in its decision, correctly denied respondent bank’s prayer to reinstate its canceled TCTs because to do so would effectively cancel petitioner’s title on the same lot. It must be noted that petitioner’s title was regularly issued after the lot covered by the same was sold to him by respondent Aguinaldo. Petitioner relied on the seller’s title, which was then free from any claims, liens or encumbrances appearing thereon.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

As such, petitioner’s title can only be challenged in a direct action. It is well settled that a certificate of title cannot be subject to collateral attack and can be altered, modified or cancelled only in a direct proceeding in accordance with law. 8 Having obtained a valid title over the subject lot, petitioner is entitled to protection against indirect attacks against his title. The CA’s original ruling on the matter, as stated in its decision, denying respondent bank’s prayer for reinstatement of its canceled titles "without prejudice to the filing of proper action" should thus stand. It is more in keeping with the purpose of the adoption of the Torrens system in our country:chanrob1es virtual 1aw library

The Torrens system was adopted in this country because it was believed to be the most effective measure to guarantee the integrity of land titles and to protect their indefeasibility once the claim of ownership is established and recognized. If a person purchases a piece of land on the assurance that the seller’s title thereto is valid, he should not run the risk of being told later that his acquisition was ineffectual after all. This would not only be unfair to him. What is worse is that if this were permitted, public confidence in the system would be eroded and land transactions would have to be attended by complicated and not necessarily conclusive investigations and proof of ownership. The further consequence would be that land conflicts could be even more numerous and complex than they are now and possibly also more abrasive, if not even violent. The Government, recognizing the worthy purposes of the Torrens system, should be the First to accept the validity of the titles issued thereunder once the conditions laid down by the law are satisfied. 9

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Resolutions, dated 28 August 1998 and 23 February 1999, of the Court of Appeals are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Its Decision, dated 27 February 1998, is REINSTATED in toto.

SO ORDERED.chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

Davide, Jr., C.J., Puno, Pardo and Ynares-Santiago, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:



1. Rollo, pp. 70-73.

2. Id., pp. 71-72.

3. Id., p. 80.

4. Id., p. 25.

5. Id., pp. 16-17.

6. Id., p. 30.

7. Id., p. 80.

8. Carreon v. Court of Appeals, 291 SCRA 78,89 (1998).

9. Tenio-Obsequio v. Court of Appeals, 230 SCRA 550, 557 (1994).




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