Exam 24: Land Ownership and Registration Issues

A, an American citizen and a resident of Canada executed a will in Japan. Which among the following is not correct if the will is submitted to probate in the Philippines?

Of the enumeration below, which is not a remedy of the mortgagee in case the mortgagor dies?

In the problem above, may his estate located in the Philippines be distributed in conformity with the provision of the said will?

A leased a parcel of land from B. With the consent of B, A constructed his house. If B will file an application for registration of the land, what will happen to the house?

In an application for land registration, there was an opposition. Can the oppositor pray for affirmative relief that he be declared the owner?

A, an American citizen is married to B, a Filipina. Through the pension and savings of A, they acquired a residential lot in Manila, but it was registered under B's name. B sold the property to C. Can A seek to recover the property?

X is a naturalized Filipino. In 1990, he migrated to the USA and embraced American citizenship. In 2010, he returned to the Philippines and asks you whether he can own a residential lot in Manila. What is your advice?

A is both a Chinese and a Japanese. While in Manila he died leaving properties in the Philippines. Before he died, he was a domicile of Japan. How should Philippine courts adjudicate the successional right to his estate?

X and Y are married. They have a son Z. When X died, Z inherited a property covered by TCT No. 1. Z died without any issue. Y inherited it and obtained a title. There is however no inscription of the reservable character of the property. Y sold it to A who obtained a title. Y died in 2009. Can B, C and D, the reservatarios recover the property?

A is the owner of a parcel of land covered by a TCT No. 1. B stole the title, forged his signature and transferred it under his name. TCT No. 2 was issued under his name. He sold it to C who registered under his name. When returned to the Philippine in 2010, he discovered that his title was transferred to another. Can he recover the same?