Practice question
Does mere assertion of innocent-purchaser status automatically make the titleholder immune from being joined in reconveyance?
- Yes; any assertion automatically defeats every suit.
- Only a criminal conviction can permit joinder.
- No; that substantive defense must be adjudicated rather than treated as procedural immunity.
- The plaintiff must first obtain the defendant's permission to sue.
- Every titled party must be omitted.
Legal references
- PD1529 Sections31-34 and44: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html
- Cavinti Realty v. Ablao, G.R.262146, October27,2025, MAIN: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70238
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