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The Supreme Court ruled that while the Bahans were issued a free patent and registered the land, this did not make them the rightful owners of a portion that belonged to the Avilas. Registration provides evidence of ownership but does not vest title or serve as a mode of acquiring ownership. Simply possessing a certificate of title does not make one the true owner if the land was mistakenly or illegally included in the registration. The Court found that the free patent and registration for the Bahans was erroneous as it included land belonging to the Avilas, so title to that portion did not become indefeasible.

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Avila V Tapucar 1

The Supreme Court ruled that while the Bahans were issued a free patent and registered the land, this did not make them the rightful owners of a portion that belonged to the Avilas. Registration provides evidence of ownership but does not vest title or serve as a mode of acquiring ownership. Simply possessing a certificate of title does not make one the true owner if the land was mistakenly or illegally included in the registration. The Court found that the free patent and registration for the Bahans was erroneous as it included land belonging to the Avilas, so title to that portion did not become indefeasible.

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Avila v Tapucar, GR No.

L-45947, August 27, 1991

Topic: Effect of Issuance of Title – Registration does not vest title;


it is not a mode of acquiring ownership

Facts:

Petitioner Magdalena Avila bought a parcel of land. A subsequent approval of


application for free patent was given in favor of the Bahans; the land, however, includes a
portion of land belonging to the Avilas.

Issue:

Whether the title to the Bahans’ property has become indefeasible and incontestable

Ruling:

The evidence shows that Free Patent issued to the Bahans is erroneous as it embraced
and comprised in portions thereof lands which belong to the Avilas. The subsequent registration
of the portion of land belonging to the Avilas by the Bahans could not make the latter owners
thereof.

Registration does not vest title. It is not a mode of acquiring ownership but is merely
evidence of such title over a particular property.

The simple possession of a certificate of title under the Torrens Systems does not
necessarily make the holder a true owner of all the property described therein. If a person
obtains a title under the Torrens system, which includes by mistake or oversight land which can
no longer be registered under the system, he does not, by virtue of the said certificate alone,
become the owner of the lands illegally included.

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