Facts:
Fortunato Sumulong applied for an application for a land registration for a parcel of land before the RTC which was later assigned to the MTC pursuant to delegated jurisdiction. He wants the land to be confirmed and registered in his name. In opposition, Aniceto filed a motion to reopen the case, lift the order of general default and to admit opposition contending he is a part owner and actual occupant of the land whose name was omitted by Fortunato in his application for registration. This amounts to failure of Fortunato to comply with the requirement set forth in Section 15 and 23 of PD 1529 which makes the land registration proceeding null and void with the deliberate omission of his name as one of the occupants and part owner of said land as constituting fraud. He further contends that the application failed to comply with the jurisdictional requirement because the market value of the property is more than P100,000 and should be heard before the RTC. The MTC ruled in favor of Fortunato holding that when the said land registration was published it was a notice sent to the whole world and the MTC has acquired jurisdiction over it and Aniceto’s claim of no knowledge about the registration cannot be given any due course. Upon appeal, the CA denied Aniceto’s motion for reconsideration contending that the assessed value of the property as provided in the tax declaration should be followed which is valued at P50,860.00 and upheld the lower court’s decision.
