- Petitioner
- Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership
- Respondent
- Judge Tirso Velasco
- Citation
- G.R. No. 109645
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- Second Division
- Ponente
- Narvasa, J.
- Decided
- July 25, 1994
Summary
This consolidated case involved competing claims over 13 hectares of prime residential land in Quezon City. Dolores V. Molina sought reconstitution of TCT No. 124088, while Ortigas & Company claimed ownership through existing decades-old titles. The Supreme Court nullified the reconstitution, finding fatal procedural defects including lack of proper notice to adjacent owners, improper case reinstatement, and conflicts with prior final decisions upholding Ortigas' indefeasible titles. The Court noted Molina's contradictory sworn statements about land acquisition and found her guilty of forum-shopping through multiple litigation attempts. All titles derived from the reconstituted certificate were declared null and void, affirming the primacy of properly issued Torrens titles under the land registration system.