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Petitioner Crestline Properties, Inc. files a petition for issuance of title under Presidential Decree No. 1529 for Lot 7023, located in City of Northville. Two Respondents in Action to Claim appear: (1) the heir of the former owner asserting hereditary ownership of a narrow strip along the southern boundary, and (2) National Grid Corporation, a utility company, claiming a pre‑war right‑of‑way across a portion of the parcel for transmission lines. The Register of Deeds orders Petitioner to deposit into the Assurance Fund an amount representing the probable damages or value of the land to secure the Respondents’ claims while the case is pending. The deposit is made and the case proceeds to trial. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine and governing rule regarding the Assurance Fund and Respondents in Action to Claim. (b) Distinguish the rule on deposits to the Assurance Fund from other protective measures in land registration and explain its effect on the petition. (c) Apply the doctrine to these facts: should the court require deposit into the Assurance Fund in this case? if yes, what are the implications for the petitioner and the Respondents?