2L/Sales & Lease/week 7

The same land, sold twice

Not the first buyer, not the one who paid more. Article 1544 runs a race, and good faith is the only way to finish it.

Read the strip. The last panel does not answer — you do, before the rule shows up.

PANEL 1 / 4

A small dining table. Aling Nena counts cash into a seller's hands; a deed of sale sits between them.

ALING NENA
“Bayad na po. Akin na ang lupa.”

First buyer. Deed signed, price paid, nothing registered.

PANEL 2 / 4

The same seller, three months later, at a different table with a different buyer.

SELLER
“Malinis ang titulo. Wala pang ibang bumili.”

Second buyer, told nothing about the first.

PANEL 3 / 4

A Registry of Deeds counter. The second buyer slides documents across; a clerk stamps them.

CLERK
“Registered na po. Bagong titulo, pangalan ninyo.”

Registration, in good faith, by the second buyer.

PANEL 4 / 4

Aling Nena holding her unregistered deed, looking at the reader.

CAPTION
Una siyang bumili. Pero pangalawa ang nakarehistro. Kanino ang lupa?

Vote before the rule.

Who owns the land?