Practice question
An agent fraudulently transfers the principal’s registered land into the agent’s name. Compare the Assurance Fund consequences if the land remains recoverable from the agent and if it later passes to a registered innocent purchaser for value whose protected title prevents recovery. Assume the principal was not negligent.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html — PD1529, sections95,97,101.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/jul2018/gr_224678_2018.html — Spouses Stilianopoulos v Register of Deeds for Legazpi City, GR224678, July3 2018, main opinion: registration fraud and breach of trust.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_171804_2015.html — Register of Deeds of Negros Occidental v Anglo, Sr., GR171804, August5 2015, main opinion: section95 and claimant negligence.
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