Registration of a piece of land under the Torrens System does not create or vest title - G.R. No. 175763

G.R. No. 175763

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Registration of a piece of land under the Torrens System does not create or vest title, because it is not a mode of acquiring ownership.  A certificate of title is merely an evidence of ownership or title over the particular property described therein.[33] Thus, notwithstanding the indefeasibility of the Torrens title, the registered owner may still be compelled to reconvey the registered property to its true owners.  The rationale for the rule is that reconveyance does not set aside or re-subject to review the findings of fact of the Bureau of Lands.  In an action for reconveyance, the decree of registration is respected as incontrovertible.  What is sought instead is the transfer of the property or its title which has been wrongfully or erroneously registered in another person’s name, to its rightful or legal owner, or to the one with a better right.[34]


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