EN BANC
[G.R. No. L-49066. November 5, 1948. ]
RITA GARCHITORENA VDA. DE CENTENERA, Petitioner, v. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, ET AL., oppositors; HERMOGENES P. OBIAS, ET AL., oppositors-appellees; MARIANO GARCHITORENA, Movant-Appellant.
Claro M. Recto and Jose Ma. Recto for Movant-Appellant.
Jose M. Peñas for appellee H. P. Obias.
SYLLABUS
1. REGISTRATION OF LAND; AMENDATORY ORDER AS PART OF JUDGMENT. — The amendatory order in this case is undoubtedly an essential part of the judgment.
2. ID.; IDENTITY OF THE LAND. — There could not be any doubt as to the identity of the land, because the same was clearly delimited and pointed out in the original plan PSU-66063, Exhibit H, which was filed by R. G. with her application for registration, and said original plan was accessible to all the parties from the very beginning of the proceedings until the original decision was rendered on May 14, 1931, until the amendatory order was issued on July 28, 1931, and until the Supreme Court promulgated its decision on March 4, 1933.
3. ID.; CONFLICT BETWEEN AREA AND BOUNDARIES. — It is elemental that when there is a conflict between the area and the boundaries of a land, the latter prevails.
4. ID.; TITLE TO LAND ISSUED ONLY TO OWNER IN FEE SIMPLE. — Appellant M. G has absolutely no right to have a title issued in his favor on a land that does not belong to him. He has no right to profit by any error as to the area of the adjoining lands. The fact that the area given to the land claimed by O was about 300 hectares, when the whole land enclosed within the disputed boundaries is around 800 hectares, does not entitle M. G. to have the difference of about 500 hectares, by going beyond the boundary line enclosing his own land and encroaching upon the one belonging to the State and claimed by O, as lessee.
2. ID.; IDENTITY OF THE LAND. — There could not be any doubt as to the identity of the land, because the same was clearly delimited and pointed out in the original plan PSU-66063, Exhibit H, which was filed by R. G. with her application for registration, and said original plan was accessible to all the parties from the very beginning of the proceedings until the original decision was rendered on May 14, 1931, until the amendatory order was issued on July 28, 1931, and until the Supreme Court promulgated its decision on March 4, 1933.
3. ID.; CONFLICT BETWEEN AREA AND BOUNDARIES. — It is elemental that when there is a conflict between the area and the boundaries of a land, the latter prevails.
4. ID.; TITLE TO LAND ISSUED ONLY TO OWNER IN FEE SIMPLE. — Appellant M. G has absolutely no right to have a title issued in his favor on a land that does not belong to him. He has no right to profit by any error as to the area of the adjoining lands. The fact that the area given to the land claimed by O was about 300 hectares, when the whole land enclosed within the disputed boundaries is around 800 hectares, does not entitle M. G. to have the difference of about 500 hectares, by going beyond the boundary line enclosing his own land and encroaching upon the one belonging to the State and claimed by O, as lessee.
D E C I S I O N
PERFECTO, J.:
Mariano Garchitorena has acquired the ownership of a large area of land in Caramoan, Camarines Sur, title to which was applied to be registered in her name by Rita Garchitorena, Vda. de Centenera, as heiress of her father Andres Garchitorena, its former owner.
The order of Judge Pablo Angeles David, issued on June 28, 1941, against which Mariano Garchitorena prosecuted this appeal, is closely related to the decisions rendered by the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur and this Supreme Court in the land registration case, commenced by Rita Garchitorena to secure title in her name over the large area of land in Caramoan which, according to the original plan Psu-66063, comprises 27,707,760 square meters.
The decision of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur was rendered on May 14, 1931. The same court amended it before it was appealed to the Supreme Court in an order dated July 28, 1931. The decision of the Supreme Court was promulgated on March 4, 1933. (58 Phil., 21-26.)
The dispositive part of the decision of the trial court dated May 14, 1931, is as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"Por todo lo arriba expuesto, se dicta sentencia estimando las oposiciones presentadas por el Director de Terrenos, Hermogenes P. Obias, Ramon y Jose Alvarez y Januario Alferez, y los otros opositores de apellidos Garchitorena y todo de acuerdo con los terminos de esta decisi on desestim andose tambi en la oposici on del Director de Montes y previa enmienda del plano por la que se excluya por la solicitante las porciones pertenecientes a dichos opositores cuyas oposiciones han prosperado y de acuerdo con los t erminos de esta decisi on, se decreta la adjudicaci on y registro del terreno a favor de la solicitante Rita Garchitorena Vda. de Centenera sujeta a los siguientes gravamenes a saber:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"(a) A favor de Mariano Garchitorena por cesi on del Banco Nacional Filipino la suma de P5,500 con intereses al 10 por ciento anual desde el 31 de Marzo de 1921 hasta su completo pago.
"(b) A favor de Flor de Garchitorena y Marcel de Garchitorena la suma de P5,017.39 con sus intereses al 6 por ciento anual desde el 1
The order of Judge Pablo Angeles David, issued on June 28, 1941, against which Mariano Garchitorena prosecuted this appeal, is closely related to the decisions rendered by the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur and this Supreme Court in the land registration case, commenced by Rita Garchitorena to secure title in her name over the large area of land in Caramoan which, according to the original plan Psu-66063, comprises 27,707,760 square meters.
The decision of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur was rendered on May 14, 1931. The same court amended it before it was appealed to the Supreme Court in an order dated July 28, 1931. The decision of the Supreme Court was promulgated on March 4, 1933. (58 Phil., 21-26.)
The dispositive part of the decision of the trial court dated May 14, 1931, is as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"Por todo lo arriba expuesto, se dicta sentencia estimando las oposiciones presentadas por el Director de Terrenos, Hermogenes P. Obias, Ramon y Jose Alvarez y Januario Alferez, y los otros opositores de apellidos Garchitorena y todo de acuerdo con los terminos de esta decisi on desestim andose tambi en la oposici on del Director de Montes y previa enmienda del plano por la que se excluya por la solicitante las porciones pertenecientes a dichos opositores cuyas oposiciones han prosperado y de acuerdo con los t erminos de esta decisi on, se decreta la adjudicaci on y registro del terreno a favor de la solicitante Rita Garchitorena Vda. de Centenera sujeta a los siguientes gravamenes a saber:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"(a) A favor de Mariano Garchitorena por cesi on del Banco Nacional Filipino la suma de P5,500 con intereses al 10 por ciento anual desde el 31 de Marzo de 1921 hasta su completo pago.
"(b) A favor de Flor de Garchitorena y Marcel de Garchitorena la suma de P5,017.39 con sus intereses al 6 por ciento anual desde el 1
