Q. A is the owner of a parcel of land covered by TCT No. 1. Through an oral agreement between B & A. A agreed that the property be registered under the name of B so that he can use it in securing a loan with Metrobank. When A sought to recover the property from B, the latter refused contending that he was the owner of the same. Is the contention of B correct? (Solved)

1. B is correct because his ownership is evidenced by a title.

2. B is wrong because he is holding the property merely in trust for A.

3. B is correct because A cannot prove that there is trust considering that the same was not put into a public instrument.

4. A can recover and prove that there was trust even if not in a public instrument because the requirement is merely for purposes of convenience.