SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 6609. December 2, 1911. ]
FELIPE DE GUZMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MANUEL DE SANTOS Y CABRERA, Opponent-Appellee.
Pedro Fragante for Appellant.
Chicote & Miranda for Appellee.
SYLLABUS
1. REGISTRATION OF LAND; ERRORS OF DESCRIPTION IN OLD RECORDED TITLES. — Errors of description, which appear in an old recorded title and which have been successively repeated in subsequent transfers, do not affect the validity of the registered title when it is shown that the land sought to be inscribed is exactly the same as that included in the old deeds.
2. ID.; ID.; AREA OF LAND SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN APPEARS IN OLD DEED. — When, according to an old registered title, the land appears to be slightly greater in area than it actually is, such discrepancy does not operate to vitiate or to weaken the title thus inscribed.
3. ID.; ID.; OPPONENT PRESENTING ONLY ORAL EVIDENCE. — When the petitioner’s title is recorded in the property register and the opponent presents only oral evidence in support of his claim, the registered title must generally, if not always, prevail.
2. ID.; ID.; AREA OF LAND SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN APPEARS IN OLD DEED. — When, according to an old registered title, the land appears to be slightly greater in area than it actually is, such discrepancy does not operate to vitiate or to weaken the title thus inscribed.
3. ID.; ID.; OPPONENT PRESENTING ONLY ORAL EVIDENCE. — When the petitioner’s title is recorded in the property register and the opponent presents only oral evidence in support of his claim, the registered title must generally, if not always, prevail.
D E C I S I O N
TRENT, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Land Registrations the Hon. Pedro Concepcion presiding, sustaining the opposition interposed by Manuel de Santos to the registration of a small portion of land embraced within the respective claims of the original petitioner, Felipe de Guzman, and that of the oppositor, Manuel de Santos.
The appellant filed a petition in the Land Court, case No. 5706, asking for the registration of the following described lot or parcel of land:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"A plot of ground situated on Calle Santa Maria (formerly unnamed) of the barrio of Bancaso of the District of Tondo, of this city of Manila, Philippine Islands, bounded on the east (used for its entrance) by the said Calle Santa Maria; on the north (the right side as one enters) by the property of Francisco Toribio and Lucio Buzon; on the south (also the left side as one enters) with the property of Manuel Santos; and on the west (the rear side) with the property of Isabel Tambueco and Miguel Gatpandan."cralaw virtua1aw library
In petitioner’s Exhibit A (a plot showing the ground together with a technical description) the land is technically described as follows: beginning at a point marked 1 on the corrected plan, being N. 9
The appellant filed a petition in the Land Court, case No. 5706, asking for the registration of the following described lot or parcel of land:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph
"A plot of ground situated on Calle Santa Maria (formerly unnamed) of the barrio of Bancaso of the District of Tondo, of this city of Manila, Philippine Islands, bounded on the east (used for its entrance) by the said Calle Santa Maria; on the north (the right side as one enters) by the property of Francisco Toribio and Lucio Buzon; on the south (also the left side as one enters) with the property of Manuel Santos; and on the west (the rear side) with the property of Isabel Tambueco and Miguel Gatpandan."cralaw virtua1aw library
In petitioner’s Exhibit A (a plot showing the ground together with a technical description) the land is technically described as follows: beginning at a point marked 1 on the corrected plan, being N. 9
