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2005-01-21 |
TINGA, J. |
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| Assuming ex gratia argumenti that SLDC's registration of the sale had been tainted by the prior notice of lis pendens and assuming further for the same nonce that this is a case of double sale, still Babasanta's claim could not prevail over that of SLDC's. In Abarquez v. Court of Appeals,[46] this Court had the occasion to rule that if a vendee in a double sale registers the sale after he has acquired knowledge of a previous sale, the registration constitutes a registration in bad faith and does not confer upon him any right. If the registration is done in bad faith, it is as if there is no registration at all, and the buyer who has taken possession first of the property in good faith shall be preferred. | |||||