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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 44493. November 3, 1938. ]

MARIANO ANGELES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELENA SAMIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Jose Gutierrez David, for Appellant.

Filemon Cajator, for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. LAND REGISTRATION ACT AND CADASTRAL ACT; PURPOSE OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT; ERROR IN THE DESCRIPTION OF A PARCEL OF LAND IN A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. — The purpose of the Land Registration Act, as this court has had occasion to so state more than once, is not to create and already vested, and of course, said original certificate of title No. 8995 could not have vested in the defendant more right and more title than what was rightfully due her much more than she expected, naturally to the prejudice of another, it is but just that the error, which gave rise to said anomally, be corrected (City of Manila v. Lack, 19 Phil., 324).

2. ID.; ID.; ID. — The defendant and her co
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