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probably, that they have with great uniformity held that stock certificates were not
negotiable instruments in the broad meaning of that phrase; but whenever the question
has a risen it has been held that the title of the true owner of a lost or stolen certificate
may be asserted against any one subsequently its possession although the holder may
be bona fide purchaser.
Because the holder thereof takes it without prejudice to such rights or defenses
as the registered owners or transferor’s creditor may have under the law, except
insofar as such rights or defenses are subject to the limitations imposed by the
principles governing estoppel. (De los Santos v. Republic, G.R. No. L-4818, Feb. 28,
1955)