Part I of this four-part series is a
summary of the December 12, 2005 decision
of the Supreme Court 1st Division denying the Manotoks’ consolidated
petitions and sustaining the order for the cancellation of the their title without
a direct proceeding before the RTC and for the reconstitution of the Barques’
title.
Part II, on the other hand, is a summary
of the December 18, 2008 en banc resolution that reversed
the decision of the 1st Division and remanded the petitions to the
CA for further proceedings.
In this entry, we will look at the summary of the Court’s
August 24, 2010 en banc decision that (1) DENIED that the Manotoks’ petitions, the
Manahans’ petition-in-intervention, and the Barques’ petition for
reconstitution; (2) declared NULL AND
VOID TCT No. RT-22481 (372302) in the name of Severino Manotok IV, et al.,
TCT No. 210177 in the name of Homer L. Barque, and Deed of Conveyance No.
V-200022 issued to Felicitas B. Manahan;
(3) ordered The Register of Deeds of Caloocan City and/or
Quezon City to CANCEL the said
titles; and (4) DECLARED that the
subject Lot 823 of the Piedad Estate, Quezon City, legally belongs to the NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, without prejudice to the institution of REVERSION proceedings by the State through the Office of the
Solicitor General. We will also look at the dissenting opinions of the minority.
