Practice question
A seller conveys unregistered land to a buyer who records the deed under Section 113. A third person later proves a legally superior right. The buyer offers no basis for priority except that recording allegedly makes the deed indefeasible. Which answer follows the statute?
- Recording conclusively defeats every prior or superior right
- Section 113 preserves a third party's better right, so recording alone cannot defeat the proven superior right
- The third person must first purchase the buyer's deed
- The recorded buyer automatically becomes the State's grantee
- The superior right disappears after the registry issues a receipt
Legal references
- PD 1529 Sections 3 and 113: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html
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