ObliCon Alonso v. Cebu Country Club Digest Attempt
ObliCon Alonso v. Cebu Country Club Digest Attempt
ObliCon Alonso v. Cebu Country Club Digest Attempt
The Petitioner, Francisco M. Alonso, died during the pendency of this case.
Francisco was then substituted by his legal heirs: his wife (Mercedes v. Alonso), his
son (Tomas V. Alonso) and his daughter (Asuncion V. Alonso). Francisco, being the
sole heir of the late spouses Tomas N. Alonso and Asuncion Medalle, discovered
documents showing that his father had acquired Lot No. 727 of Banilad Friar Lands
Estate from the Government but such sale was not registered with the Register of
Deeds because of lack of requirements. Francisco further found that the certification
of title covering Lot No. 727-D-2 of the Banilad Friar Lands Estate had been
“administratively reconstituted from the owner’s duplicate” of Transfer Certificate of
Title (TCT) No. RT-1310 in the name of United Service Country Club, Inc of which
the court that had heard the petition for reconstruction, changed to that of Cebu
Country Club now in TCT No. 94905 and entered in the land records of Cebu City.
Francisco demanded upon Cebu Country Club the restoration of ownership to him
but the latter denied and refused which led Francisco in commencing against Cebu
Country Club an action for the declaration of nullity and non-existence of deed/title,
the cancellation of certificates of title, and the recovery of property in the RTC in
Cebu City. However, the RTC decided in favor of Cebu Country Club which led both
parties to appeal to CA. CA ultimately affirmed RTC due to which Francisco filed a
motion for reconsideration but was denied leading him to take it up further to SC
(G.R. No. 130876) which also denied his petition and decreed that the Lot originally
and legally belongs to the Government of the Philippines. The petitioners sought a
reconsideration but the court denied their motion for reconsideration making the
court’s decision final and executory.
As a result of decision, the Government, through the OSG, later on filed a motion for
the issuance of a writ of execution in RTC of which Cebu Country Club opposed.
Meanwhile, a law (R.A. No. 9443) was enacted by the Congress which validates the
TCTs and reconstituted titles covering the Banilad Friar Lands Estate in Cebu City.
Both Cebu Country Club and the OSG brought the passage of the law to the
attention of the RTC for its consideration in resolving the OSG’s case which the RTC
later denied. The petitioners then joined in and filed a motion for reconsideration for
the denial of OSG’s case. The OSG then also commented on such motion that the
Government no longer seeks the execution of G.R. No. 130876 as the title of
property concerned was obtained through fraud which resulted to RTC issuing a
second appeal denying the petitioner’s motion for reconsideration which led the
petitioner to escalate unto SC.
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