I. ESSAY 1. A and B entered into a contract to sell. B failed to pay. A told B that she was going to rescind the contract. B filed a complaint for specific performance and caused a notice of lis pendens to be annotated. How would you protect B’s interests? (10 ) 2. A sold a lot to B. A sold the same lot to C. C sold it to D. But before D acquired it, he came to know about a. He claims that he is a purchaser in good faith and that he acquired the lot free from all liens and encumbrances. Decide. (10) 3. Ernesto was awarded a homestead patent. After 7 years, a cadastral survey was conducted. Francisco filed an answer. The lot was awarded to him. Pending issuance of OCT, an OCT covering the homestead was issued to Ernesto. Ernesto claims that he owns the property. How would you protect Francisco’s rights? (10) 4. A sold a lot to B, a chinese national. B became a Filipino citizen. B sold the same lot to C, a chinese citizen. A now claims that the conveyance he made to B was not valid and demand B and C to return the property to him. If you were B’s counsel, how would you protect his interests? (10) II. ENUMERATION 1. Advantages of the Torrens system (10) 2. Differences between ordinary registration and cadastral registration (5) 3. Bonus (5) 4. Laws governing land registration (5) 5. Classification of lands of the public domain (5) III. MULTIPLE CHOICE (30) 1. compiled pre existing laws a. land registration act b. public land act c. cadastral act d. property registration decree 2. which is false a. duty of ROD is ministerial b. ROD is entirely precluded from exercising his personal opinion c.