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PHILIPPINE REPORTS ANNOTATED VOLUME 073

on the correctness of the
Information | Reference certificate of title thus issued,
acquire rights over the property,
Case Title: the court cannot disregard such
The Director of Lands,
petitioner, vs. Ba-silio Abache
rights and order the total
et al., claimants; San​tiago cancellation of the certificate.
Imperial, movant and The effect of such an outright
appellee, vs. Luis Meneses,
oppositor and appel​lant.
cancellation would be to impair
public confidence in the certif​-
Citation: 73 Phil., 606
icates of title, for everyone
More... dealing with prop​erty registered
under the Torrens system would
have to inquire in every instance
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as to whether the title has been
regularly or irreg​ularly issued by
the court. And this is con​trary to
the evident purpose of the law.
(Sec​tion 39, Act No. 496.) Every
person dealing with registered
land may safely rely on the
correctness of the certificate of
title issued therefor and the law
will in no way oblige him to go
behind the certificate to
determine the condition of the
property.

APPEAL from a judgment of

the Court of First Instance of
Albay. Lesaca, J.
The facts are stated in the
opinion of the court.
Luis Meneses in his own
behalf.
Calleja & Sierra for appellee.

MORAN, J.:
In a cadastral proceeding in
the Court of First Instance of
Albay, Lina F. Vda. de Im​perial
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