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SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED VOLUME 324

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HEIRS OF EULALIO RAGUA, paragraph and click here to
namely, DOMINGO, MARCIANA, copy the selected text. Citation
MIGUEL, FRANCISCO, included.
VALERIANA, JUANA, and
REMEDIOS, all surnamed
RAGUA; DANILO and CARLOS, VOL. 324, JANUARY 31, 2000 7
both surnamed LARA,
petitioners, vs. COURT OF Heirs of Eulalio Ragua vs. Court of Appeals
APPEALS, REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL
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HOUSING AUTHORITY,
PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LIFE
G.R. Nos. 88521-22. January 31, 2000.
INSURANCE CO., INC., J.M.
TUASON CO., INC. and HEIRS OF
D. TUASON, INC., respondents., HEIRS OF EULALIO RAGUA, namely, DOMINGO,
MARINO T. REGALADO and ELISA MARCIANA, MIGUEL, FRANCISCO, VALERIANA,
C. DUFOURT, petitioners, vs.
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,
JUANA, and REMEDIOS, all surnamed RAGUA; DANILO
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, and CARLOS, both surnamed LARA, petitioners, vs.
QUEZON CITY, (Branch 88) COURT OF APPEALS, REPUBLIC OF THE
presided by Hon. Tirso D.C.
Velasco (formerly Court of First PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY,
Instance, Quezon City, Branch PHILIPPINE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., INC.,
18, then presided by Hon. Ernani
Cruz Paño), and HONORABLE J.M. TUASON & CO., INC. and HEIRS OF D. TUASON,
COURT OF APPEALS (Special INC., respondents.
Ninth Division composed of the
HONORABLE ASSOCIATE
JUSTICES LUIS A. JAVELLANA, G.R. Nos. 89366-67. January 31, 2000.
REGINA G. ORDONEZ-BENITEZ,
AND LUIS L. VICTOR),
respondents. MARINO T. REGALADO and ELISA C. DUFOURT,
Citation: 324 SCRA 7 petitioners, vs. REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL
Less...
CAPITAL REGION, QUEZON CITY, (Branch 88) presided
by Hon. Tirso D.C. Velasco (formerly Court of First
Docket Number: G.R. Nos.
88521-22, G.R. Nos. 89366-67 Instance, Quezon City, Branch 18, then presided by Hon.
Ernani Cruz Paño), and HONORABLE COURT OF
Counsel: Federico Magdangal,
Generoso R. Jacinto, Jr. Law APPEALS (Special Ninth Division composed of the
Office and RMG Aguila Law HONORABLE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES LUIS A.
Office, Pacifico Yadao, Jacinto
Magbabayao, Jr., David R.
JAVELLANA, REGINA G. ORDONEZ-BENITEZ, AND
Advincula, Rodolfo D. Mapile, LUIS L. VICTOR), respondents.
Ricardo Purog, Saavedra,
Yaquero, Villareal & Maniquis,
Manuel Natividad, Office of the
Govt. Corporate Counsel
Land Registration; Land Titles; Torrens System; Failure to
comply with the requirements of publication and posting of notices
Ponente/Other Opinion:
PARDO prescribed in Republic Act No. 26, Sections 12 and 13 is fatal to the
jurisdiction of the court.·We have ruled that the failure to comply
Dispositive Portion:
WHEREFORE, the Court hereby with the requirements of publication and posting of notices
DENIES the petitions in G.R. prescribed in Republic Act No. 26, Sections 12 and 13 is fatal to the
Nos. 88521-22 and G.R. Nos.
89366-67, for lack of merit. The
jurisdiction of the court. Hence, non-compliance with the
Court AFFIRMS the decision of jurisdictional requirements renders its decision approving the
the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R.
reconstitution of OCT No. 632 and all proceedings therein utterly
CV Nos. 00705-00706,
promulgated on May 30, 1989. null and void.
Citation Ref: 264 SCRA 181 | Same; Same; Same; Laches; Laches is negligence or omission to
198 SCRA 219 | 198 SCRA 219 |
assert a right within a reasonable time, warranting the presumption
247 SCRA 551 | 116 SCRA 261 |
244 SCRA 218 | 305 SCRA 118 | that the party entitled to assert it either has abandoned or declined
102 SCRA 370 | 283 SCRA 45 | to assert it.·Petitioners filed the petition for reconstitution of OCT
294 SCRA 714 | 95 Phil. 106 | 99
Phil. 281 | 106 Phil. 477 | 7 632
SCRA 27 | 102 SCRA 370 | 316
SCRA 523 |
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1. Instance of Rizal at Pasig,

issued an order directing the
transfer of the record of G.L.R.O. 8
No. 7984 to the Court of First
Instance of Rizal, Caloocan City
as the land involved was situated
in Caloocan City. On September
28, 1964, Eulalio Ragua filed 8 SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED
with the Court of First Instance
of Rizal, Caloocan City a
manifestation for the Heirs of Eulalio Ragua vs. Court of Appeals
consolidation of G.L.R.O. Record
No. 7984 with Civil Case No. C-
119. On November 24, 1964, the nineteen (19) years after the title was allegedly lost or destroyed.
Court of First Instance of Rizal,
Caloocan City granted the
We thus consider petitioners guilty of laches. Laches is negligence
manifestation and consolidated or omission to assert a right within a reasonable time, warranting
the two cases. On January 29,
the presumption that the party entitled to assert it either has
1965, during the pendency of the
petition, Sulpicio Alix applied for, abandoned
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