Practice question
A buyer pays and signs a deed while unaware of an adverse claim, but a valid lis pendens notice is brought to the buyer's attention before registration. It proceeds and cites a clean title at the earlier signing date as conclusive. Which is best?
- Under Duenas, the material pre-registration notice prevents treating earlier innocence as sufficient by itself.
- Earlier signing necessarily makes every later pre-registration notice irrelevant.
- A buyer may always erase lis pendens by paying faster.
- Only the deed's ink color determines notice.
- No registered-land purchaser ever needs continuing good faith.
Legal references
- PD1529 Sections31-34 and44: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html
- Magsano v. Pangasinan Savings and Loan Bank, G.R.215038, October17,2016, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/oct2016/gr_215038_2016.html
- Duenas v. Metrobank, G.R.209463, November29,2022, EN BANC MAIN, good faith through registration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_209463_2022.html
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