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2008-11-27 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| On 28 April 1993, private respondent Amparo Pascual filed with the RTC of Makati an application[4] for confirmation and registration of title, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Land Act,[5] as amended, to a parcel of land designated as Lot No. 5001-A, situated at San Dionisio, Parañaque, Metro Manila, with an area of 1,184.52 square meters (subject lot). Private respondent alleged, inter alia, that the subject lot was not within any reservation; that to the best of her knowledge and belief, there was no mortgage or encumbrance of any kind whatsoever affecting the said land, nor was there any person having any interest thereon; and that she was the occupant of the subject lot and had been in actual, open, continuous, adverse and exclusive possession thereof by herself and through her predecessor-in-interest since time immemorial. Attached to the application were the following documents: (1) the tracing cloth plan and duplicate blue print plan of the subject lot[6]; (2) the technical description of the subject lot[7]; and (3) Tax Declaration No. 016-10453 covering the subject lot for the year 1993.[8] | |||||