Re publ i coft hePhi l i ppi ne s REGI GI ONALTRI ALCOURT Four t hJudi ci alRegi on Cal apan,Mi ndor o Br anch__ __ __ __ _ DI ONI SI O C.RAMO MOS,REGI NA RAMOS, NESTORA R. FORTUNADO,and SALUD R. GANADE DEN, Repr e sent ed by: SALUD R.GANADE DE, Pl ai nt i ffs, -v e r sus-
Ci v i lCaseNo ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ANNULMENTOFTI TLES AND DEEDSOFSALE AND RECOVERYOF POSSESSI ON AND DAMAGES
SPOUSESLUI SC.RAMO MOSAND DI OSA SANCHEZRAMOS, SARAH RAMOS, DANI EL RAMO MOS LUI S RAMO MOS,JR. ,and THE REGI STER OF DEEDS OF CALAPAN, ORI ENTAL MI NDO DORO Def endant s. xx
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PLAI NTI FFS,t hr ough counse land bef or et heHonor abl e Co ur t ,mo s tr e s pe c t f ul l ys t at et hat :
THE PARTI ES
ai nt i ff Sal ud Ramos Ganaden i s of l e g al ag e, 1)Pl marr i ed,Fi l i pi noandwi t hr esi denceandpost aladdr essatLot 10 Bl k 25 Chi co St r ee t ,Gr eenfiel d Subdi vi si on,Noval i ches, Que z o n Ci t y .Sai d pl ai nt i ffi st heaut ho r i z e dr e pr e s e nt at i v eof o t he rpl ai nt i ffsbyvi r t ueofaSpe c i alPo we ro fAt t o r ne y( SPA) ,a phot oc opy ofwhi c hi s appende d he r e wi t h as Annex A and
AnnexA1; 2)Pl ai nt i ffsDi oni si oC.RamosandReg i naRamosar eof l egalage,marr i ed,Fi l i pi nosand wi t h common r esi denceand post aladdr essatBr gy .Pal ahanan2,SanJuan,Bat angas; ai nt i ff Nest or aRamosFort unado,ofl egalage,wi dow, 3)Pl Fi l i pi noandwi t hr esi denceandpost aladdr essatBr gy.I ngas, I nf ant a,Quez on;and 4) Def endant s s pouses Lui s C. Ramos and Di os a Sanchez Ramos ar e of l eg al age, mar r i ed, Fi l i pi nos wi t h common pos t aladdr ess atNo.31 Moj i ca St r ee t ,San Juan, Bat angas,whe r et he ymaybese r v edwi t hs ummonsandot her pr ocessesoft hi sHonor abl eCour t . 5)Def endant s Sar ah Ramos ,Dani elRamos ,and Lui s Ramos,Jr .ar e ofl egalage,s i ngl e,Fi l i pi nos wi t h common post aladdr es satNo.31 Moj i caSt r ee t ,San Juan,Bat angas, wher et he ymaybese r v edwi t hsummonsandot herpr oces ses oft hi sHonor abl eCour t . 6) Def endant Reg i s t er of Dee ds of Cal apan, Or i ent al Mi ndor oi s a gov er nmentage ncy whi c hi st he r eposi t or y of Page2of13
r e c or dsaffe c t i ngpr o pe r t i e sandi st as ke dwi t ht her e g i s t r at i o n, c anc el l at i on,and t r a ns f e roft i t l e st he r e of .De f e ndantRe gi s t e r ofDee dsmaybese r v edwi t hs ummonsandot herpr oc e s se so f t hi sHonor abl eCour ti nt heOfficeoft heRegi st r yofDee dsof Cal apan,Or i ent alMi ndor o.
THE CAUSE OFACTI ON FOR ANNULMENT OFTI TLES,DEEDSOFSALEAND RECOVERY OF POSSESSI ON 3)Pl ai nt i ffs ar e among t he ni ne ( 9)chi l dr en and l egal hei r sofdec eas ed s pouse sJoseRamosand Cl e ot i l de Ramos , t hel at t e rbe i ngt heabs o l ut eowne r sofapar c e lo fl andc o v e r e d by Tr ans f e r Cer t i ficat e ofTi t l e No.RT* 125 ( t 1942) .Thi s par celofl and,decl ar ed underTax Decl ar at i on No.30007025A and wi t h an aggr eg at e ar ea of13. 2468 hec t ar es ,i s l oc at ed i n Bar angay Pi nags abang an, Nauj an, Or i ent al Mi ndor o.Aphot ocopyoft hesai dt i t l ei sappendedher ewi t has
AnnexB andAnnexB1; 4) Def endant s s pouses Lui s C. Ramos and Di os a Sanchez Ramos( her ei naf t err ef er r edt oas“ TheSpouses” )are t hebr o t he rands i s t e r i nl aw oft hepl ai nt i ffs ,r e s pe ct i v e l y .The Spo us e sc aus e dt hee x t r aj udi c i als e t t l e me nto ft hei nt e s t at e es t at e ofspouse s Jose Ramos and Cl e ot i l de Cant os ,on 31 Augus t2008,di v i di ngamongt hehei r st hesai dpar c elofl and. A phot ocopy of suc h e xt r aj udi ci al se t t l e ment i s appe nded her ewi t ha sAnnexC,C 1,C2,andC3;
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5)Def endant sSarah,Dani el ,andLui s,Jr . ,al lsur named Ramos,ar et hechi l dr enoft heSpouses . 6)Af t e rt hee xt r aj udi c i alpar t i t i on,t heSpous e si nf or me d Pl ai nt i ffst hatt he ywi l lpr o c es st hei s s uanc eo ft hei ndi v i dual c e r t i fic at e so ft i t l ec o r r e s po ndi ng t ot he i rs har e .Pl ai nt i ffs r e adi l yag r e e d upo nt heas s ur anc et hatt he i rr e s pe c t i v et i t l e s wi l lbei mme di at el ypr oces se dt hr ought hehel poft heSpouse s ’ f ri endwhoi sal awyer ; 7)Unknown t o Pl ai nt i ffs,t he i ndi vi dualc er t i ficat es of t i t l ewer eal r eadyi ssuedi n 2011butt heSpousesdel i ber at el y f ai l e dt oi nf o r mt he mo fs uc hf ac t ; 8) Pl ai nt i ffs expr essed t hei ri nt ent i on t o sel lt hei r i ndi vi dual s har es on t he l and upon t he i ss uance of t hei r c e r t i fic at e soft i t l eand,pr o v i de dt he r ei sa“ g oo d de al . ”On 01 Augus t2013,t heSpous esi nt r oduc edt oPl ai nt i ffst he i rl awy er f r i end named At t y .Expec t aci on S.Baut i s t aBal deo.On t hat occasi on, t he Spouses i nf or med Pl ai nt i ffs t hat t hey final l y f ound abuye rwhoi swi l l i ngt obuyt hei rshar eon t hel and. That i n r e cogni t i on of Pl ai nt i ffs ’wi l l i ngness t o sel lt he i r r espect i ve shar es, t he pr ospect i ve buye ri s gi vi ng t hem Php50, 000eacht obeconsi der edaspartoft hepur chasepr i ce i nt he ev entofa succe ssf ulsal e bet ween Pl ai nt i ffs and t he pr o s pe c t i v ebuy e r .The r e af t e r ,Pl ai nt i ffs we r e as ke dt os i g na documentpur por t edl yar ece i ptf orsuchamount ; 9)Howev er ,t hepr ospect i vebuye rwas nev eri nt r oduced t oPl ai nt i ffsandt hesupposed negot i at i on f ort hesal edi dnot t akepl ace.TheSpousesdi d notbot hert oexpl ai nt her eason t he r e of ; Page4of13
10)Pl ai nt i ffs,upon bei ng i nf or med by t hei rt enantof sev er aldecades,wer esur pr i sed t hatt hel at t erwas asked by t heSpouse st ov acat et hel and.TheSpouse scont ended t hat t heyar et her egi st er ed owner soft hel and,t hesamehavi ng bee n pur c hase d t hr ough se v e r al De eds of Absol ut e Sal e ex ec ut edbe t wee nt hem andPl ai nt i ffs; 11) Pl ai nt i ffs v ehement l y deny t he ex ec ut i on of t he af or esai dDeedsofAbsol ut eSal eandt heappear ancebef or ea not ary publ i ct o acknowl edge sai dt r ansact i on. Thus,t he i nevi t abl e concl usi on i st hat t he Spouses f or ged Pl ai nt i ffs’ s i gnat ur e si nor de rt of ac i l i t at et heex ec ut i onoft he sefic t i t i ous Dee ds ofAbsol ut e Sal e,phot ocopi esofwhi ch ar e appended
1,E,E1,F,F1,G,andG1 her ewi t ha sAnnexesD,D; 12)Thr ough t hesefict i t i ousDeedsofAbsol ut eSal e,t he Spouses success f ul l y caused t he cancel l at i on of Pl ai nt i ffs’ i ndi v i dualc er t i fic at e soft i t l ewhi c hwe r ee ar l i e ri s s ue dwi t hout t hei rknowl edge,and new t i t l es wer ei ssued i nf avoroft he Spousesand t hei rc hi l dr en who,att het i meofsuch t r ansf er hadnocapabi l i t yt opur chaset hesubj ectpr oper t y; 13)Accor di ngl y ,Tr ansf er Cert i ficat e ofTi t l e( TCT)No. 0642012005611 i n t he name of Pl ai nt i ff Re gi na Ramos dec l ar edunderTaxDec l ar at i on No.20120805100282wi t ha mar ke tv al ue of Php63, 898. 71 and as sessed val ue of
Php25, 560. 00 was CANCELLED and a new one i s sued i n f av oroft heSpouse s ’daught erSar ahS.RamosunderTCTNo. 0642014001626,dec l ar ed underTax Dec l ar at i on No.20120805100293. A phot oc opy of Pl ai nt i ff Regi na Ramos ’ Page5of13
CANCELLED Cer t i ficat e of Ti t l ei s appended her e wi t h as
AnnexesH,H1,H2,H3;andaphot ocopyoft henew TCTi n t he name of Sar ah S. Ramos i s appe nded her e wi t h as
AnnexesI ,I 1andI 2; 14) Tr ansf e r Ce r t i ficat e of Ti t l e ( TCT) No. 0642012005607i nt henameofPl ai nt i ff Di oni si oRamosdec l ar ed underTaxDe cl ar at i on No.20120805100278 wi t h a mar ke t v al ueofPhp63, 894. 37 and assessed val ue ofPhp25, 560. 00 was CANCELLED and a ne w one i s sue di n f av or of t he Spouses ’ son Lui s C. Ramos , Jr . unde r TCT No. 0642014001624,dec l ar edunderTaxDec l ar at i onNo.20120805100290.A phot oc opyofPl ai nt i ff Di oni si oRamos ’CANCELLED Ce r t i fic at eofTi t l ei sappe nde dhe r e wi t has AnnexesJ,J1,Joc opyoft hene w TCT i nt henameof 2,and J3;and aphot Lui sC.Ramosi sappende dhe r e wi t h as AnnexesK,K1 and
K2; 15) Tr ansf e r Ce r t i ficat e of Ti t l e ( TCT) No. 0642012005606 i nt he name ofPl ai nt i ff Sal ud Ramosdec l ar e d underTaxDe cl ar at i on No.20120805100277 wi t h a mar ke t
ue ofPhp25, 560. 00 v al ueofPhp63, 894. 37 and assessed val was CANCELLED and a ne w one i s sue di n f av or of t he SpousesunderTCTNo.0642014001625,dec l ar edunderTax Dec l ar at i on No.20120805100289.A phot ocopy ofPl ai nt i ff Sal ud Ramos ’CANCELLED Cer t i ficat e ofTi t l ei s appended her ewi t ha sAnnexesL,Loc opyof 1,L2,andL3;andaphot t henew TCT i nt henameoft heSpouse sLui sC.Ramosand
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Annexes M Di os a Sanc hez Ramosi s appende d he r e wi t h as andM1; 16) Tr ansf e r Ce r t i ficat e of Ti t l e ( TCT) No. 0642012005610 i nt henameofPl ai nt i ff Nes t or aRamosdecl ar ed underTaxDe cl ar at i on No.20120805100281 wi t h a mar ke t
ue ofPhp25, 560. 00 v al ueofPhp63, 897. 71 and assessed val was CANCELLED and a ne w one i s sue di n f av or of t he Spo uses ’s on Dani el S. Ramos unde r TCT No. 0642014001627,dec l ar edunderTaxDec l ar at i onNo.20120805100292.A phot oc opyofPl ai nt i ff Nes t or a Ramos ’CANCELLED Ce r t i fic at eofTi t l ei sappe nde dhe r e wi t has AnnexesN,N1,N-
2 and N3;and a phot oc opyoft he ne w TCT i nt henameof Dani elS.Ramosi s appended her e wi t h as Annexes O,O1 ocopi es oft he Tax Decl arat i ons ofaf or esai d and O2.Phot
AnnexesP,P1,P2,Ppr oper t i esar eappendedher ewi t h as 3,P4,P5,P6andP7. 17)T oav oi dl i t i g at i on,Pl ai nt i ffsex er t e de ar ne s te ffor t st o se t t l e t he mat t er wi t h t he De f endant s t hr ough v e r bal communi cat i on and, final l y ,t hr ough a wr i t t en r eques t .A phot ocopyofsai dl et t err eques tdat ed Jul y04,2014 and t he
AnnexesQ andQ1; LBC r ece i pti sappendedher ewi t has 18) Thes e f act ual ev ent s f r audul ent l y di sposse ss ed Pl ai nt i ffsoft he i rr i g ht f uls har e si nt hepr ope r t yl e f tbyt he i r dec ease dpar ent s,spouse sJoseRamosandCl eot i l deCant os; 19) I nSevi l l a
.De l 97 v s os Angel es(
Phi l . 875
[ 1955] )r ec onv e yancewasal l owedwher et heTCTwaspr ocur ed underci r cumst ancesofconst r uct i vet r ustbasedonf r audul ent Page7of13
r epr esent at i ons.I nt hei nst antcase,t heSpousespr ocur edt he TCTs upon t hei r or c hes t r at ed f r audul ent r epr e sent at i on i n t he i rpe t i t i on f orcanc e l l at i on oft i t l e .Thi smodeofac qui r i ng t i t l ec r e at e swhati sc al l e d" c ons t r uc t i v et r us t "i nf a voroft he def r auded par t y and ent i t l es t he l at t er a r i ght t o t he r e c onv e y anc eoft hepr o pe r t y . 20)Si mi l ar l y ,underSec.53ofPD No.1529( al soknown as t he Pr oper t y Regi st r at i on Dec r ee) ,an or i gi nalowner of r egi st er edl andmayseekt heannul mentoft het r ansf ert her eof on t he gr ound of f r aud and t he pr ope r r emedy i s r ec onv e yance. The subse quent TCT obt ai ne d by f r aud or t hr ough a f or ged deed shal lbe cancel l ed f orbei ng nul land v oi d.Thus,s ai dpr ov i si onpr ovi des : “I n al lcases ofr egi st r ati on pr ocur ed by f r aud,t he owner may pursue al l hi s l egal and equi t abl e t hout r emedi es agai nstt he par t i es t o such f r aud wi pr ej udi ce,however ,t ot her i ght sofanyi nnocenthol der f orval ueofa c er t i fic at eoft i t l e .Af t e rt hee nt r y oft he decr ee of r egi st r at i on on t he or i gi nal pet i t i on or appl i c at i on,any subsequentr egi st r at i on pr ocur ed by
t he pr esent at i on ofaf or ged dupl i catecer t i ficateof t i t l e,oraf or ged deed orotheri nst r ument ,shal lbe nul landvoi d. ”
THE CAUSE OFACTI ON FOR DAMAGES
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18)I no r de rt opr o t e c tt he i rr i g ht sand i nt e r e s to v e rt he par c e lo fl andc o v e r e dbyTr ans f e rCe r t i fic at eo fTi t l eNo .RT* 125 ( t 1942) ,pl ai nt i ff wer e compel l ed t ol i t i gat e and i ncur e x pe ns e st he r e byent i t l i ngt he mt ot heawar do fat t o r ne y ’ sf e e s i nt heamountofPhp20, 000. 00; 19)Due t ot he unl awf ulact scommi t t ed by def endant s pl ai nt i ffs ar e cont i nuousl y suffer i ng f r om ment al angui sh, f r i ght , ser i ous anxi et y , mor al shock and si mi l ar i nj ur i es t her ebywarr ant i ngt hei ndi vi dualawar d ofmor aldamagesi n t hes um ofPhp100, 000. 00,f r om def endant s,i n sol i dum; 20)Fort hev i ndi c at i on oft her i g ht so fpl ai nt i ffso v e rt he par c e lo fl andc o v e r e dbyTr ans f e rCe r t i fic at eo fTi t l eNo .RT* 125( t 1942)t hatwasi l l egal l ymi sappr opr i at edbydef endant s, pl ai nt i ffs ar ee nt i t l e dt or e c e i v ef r o m de f e ndant s ,j o i ntand se v er al ,nomi naldamag es i nt he amount ofPhp50, 000. 00 underAr t i cl es2221and2222oft heCi vi lCode; 21)I n or dert o di scour aget hosewho ar esi mi l ar l ybent f r om doi ngsuch det es t abl eactofdef endant sand i n or dert o se t an exampl ef or t he publ i c good, def endant s shoul d be adj udge d, sol i dar i l y ,t o pay t o pl ai nt i ffs t he amount of Php100, 000. 00asandf ore xe mpl ar ydamage s.
THE RELI EFS
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WHEREFORE, pr e mi ses
c onsi der e d, i t i s
mos t
r espect f ul l ypr ayed f r om t hi sHonorabl eCour tt hat ,af t erdue not i ceandheari ng,j udgmentber ender edasf ol l ows: 1)ORDERI NG t he De eds ofAbs ol ut e Sal e NULL and VOI D; 2)ORDERI NG t hecancel l at i on ofTr ansf erCer t i ficat esof Ti t l e
Nos.
0642014001626,
0642014001624,
064-
2014001625,and0642014001627f orbei ngNULLandVOI D; 3)REI NSTATI NG Tr ansf erCer t i ficat esofTi t l eNos.0642012005611, 0642012005607, 0642012005606, 0642012005610; 4)ORDERI NG def endant st oj oi nt l y and se v er al l y pay pl ai nt i ffs : a)PhP20, 000. 00asa ndf o ra t t o r ne y ’ sf e e s ;
b)PhP100, 000. 00asmor aldamag es;
c )PhP50, 000. 00asnomi naldamage s;
d)PhP100, 000. 00ase xe mpl arydamage s;and
e )Cos tofs ui t .
Pl ai nt i ffs pr ay f orsuch ot herr el i ef s and r emedi es t hat arej ustandequi t abl eundert hepr emi ses.
Quez on Ci t y f or Cal apan Ci t y , Or i ent al Mi ndor o, Nov ember14,2014. Page10of13
RI O T.ESPI RI TU Co uns e lf orPl ai nt i ffs 48C Mal akasSt . ,Br gy .Pi nyahan Quez onCi t y Rol lofAt t orneyNo.34988 PTR No.9120190,01/09/14,Q. C. I BPNo.925983,01/15/14,Q. C. MCLE No.I V-0016174Apr i l10,2013
CERTI FI CATI ON andVERI FI CATI ON
I , SALUD RAMOS GANADEN, of l egal age, marr i ed, Fi l i pi noand wi t hr esi denceand post aladdr essatLot10 Bl k 25 Chi co St r ee t ,Gr eenfiel d Subdi vi si on,Noval i ches,Quez on Ci t y ,underoat hdeposesandsayt hat :
Iam oneoft hepl ai nt i ff andaut hori zedr epr esent at i veof o t he rpl ai nt i ffs ,byv i r t ueo fSpe c i alPo we rofAt t o r ne yi nt he Page11of13
abov e ent i t l ed case and has cause dt he pr epar at i on oft he f or egoi ngCompl ai ntf orAnnul mentofDocument s,Rec ov er yof Posse ss i on and Damage s. Ihav er ead t he cont ent st her eof and t he s ame ar et r ue and cor r e ct of my own per s onal knowl edgeorar ebasedonaut hent i cr ecor d.
Ihavenott her et of or ecommencedanyact i on orfil edany cl ai m i nvol vi ng t he same i ss ues i n any cour t ,t r i bunalor quasi j udi ci alagency and,t ot he bes tofmy knowl edge,no such ot her act i on or cl ai m i s pendi ng t her ei n. I fIshoul d t her eaf t erl earn t hatt hesameorsi mi l aract i on orcl ai m has bee n fil ed ori spendi ng,Ishal lr e por tt hef actwi t hi n fiv e( 5) dayst her ef r om t ot hecour twher ei nt heaf or esai dcompl ai ntor i ni t i at o r ypl e adi nghasbe e n fil e d andIs hal l ,f ur t he r ,di s c l os e ac ompl e t es t at e me nto ft hepr e s e nts t at ust he r e o f .
I N WI TNESSWHEREOF,Iher e byse tmyhandt hi s
SALUD RAMOS GANADEN Affiant
SUBSCRI BED AND SWORN t obe f or eme,aNot ar yPubl i c i n and f or __ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ ,affiant per sonal l y appear ed and exhi bi t ed her Seni or Ci t i z en I . D. No. 2923175, i ss ued i n Quez onCi t y .
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