Practice question
A purchaser of Torrens-registered land records the sale only in the system for unregistered land under Act 3344. A competing buyer later registers properly under the Torrens system in continuing good faith, with the relevant inquiry obligations satisfied. The first purchaser insists the Act 3344 entry necessarily has Article 1544 priority. Under Abrigo, which is correct?
- Any registration book is interchangeable
- Act 3344 always defeats Torrens registration
- Good faith is irrelevant
- Recording Torrens land under the unregistered-land system is not the registration contemplated for this priority; the proper good-faith registration must be assessed
- The land becomes ownerless
Legal references
- Abrigo v. De Vera, G.R. 154409, June 21, 2004: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/jun2004/gr_154409_2004.html
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