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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
PROPERTY
PROPERTY
All things which are, or may be the
object of appropriation
Requisites: (USA)
1. utility
2. substantivity or iniviuality
!. appropriability
I.
A. IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES
1. lan, builings, roas an
constructions of all "ins ahere to
the soil#
2. trees, plants an growing fruits,
while they are attache to the lan
or form an integral part of an
immovable#
!. everything attache to an
immovable in a fi$e manner in such
a way that it cannot be separate
therefrom without brea"ing the
material or eterioration of the
object#
%. statues, reliefs, paintings or other
objects for use or ornamentation,
place in builings or on lans by the
owner of the immovable in such a
manner that it reveals the intention
to attach them permanently to the
tenements#
&. machinery, receptacles, instruments
or implements intene by the
owner of the tenement for an
inustry or wor"s which may be
carrie on in a builing or on a piece
of lan, an which ten irectly to
meet the nees of the sai inustry
or wor"s#
'e(uisites)
a. mae by owner
b. inustry or wor"s carrie on
builing or on lan
c. machines, etc must ten irectly
to meet nees of the inustry or
wor"s
. machines, etc. must be essential
an principal elements of the
inustry.
*. animal houses, pigeon+houses,
,. beehives, fishpons or breeing
places of similar nature, in case
their owner has place or preserve
them, with the intention to have
them permanently attache to the
lan, an forming a permanent part
of it# the animals in those places are
inclue#
-. fertili.er actually use on a piece of
lan#
/. mines, (uarries an slag umps,
while the matter thereof forms part
of the be, an waters either
running or stagnant#
10. oc"s an structures which, though
floating, are intene by their
nature an object to remain at a
fi$e place on a river, la"e or coast#
an
11. contracts for public wor"s, an
servitues an other real rights over
immovable property
Categories) (123A)
1. 'eal by nature 4 it cannot be
carrie from place to place
(pars. 1 5 -, Art. %1&, 6ivil
6oe)
2. 'eal by incorporation 4 attache
to an immovable in a fi$e
manner to be an integral part
thereof (pars. 1+! Art. %1&, 6ivil
6oe)
!. 'eal by destination 4 place in a
n immovable for the utility it
gives to the activity carrie
thereon (pars. %+, an / Art.
%1&, 6ivil 6oe)
%. 7y analogy it is so classifie by
e$press provision of law (par. 10,
Art. %1&, 6ivil 6oe)
B.MOVABLE PROPERTIES
1. those movables susceptible of
appropriation which are not inclue
in the preceing article#
2. real property which by any special
provision of law is consiere as
personalty#
!. forces of nature which are brought
uner control of science#
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
%. in general, all things which can be
transporte from place to place
without impairment of the real
property to which they are fi$e#
&. obligations an actions which have
for their object movables or
emanable sums# an
*. shares of stoc" of agricultural,
commercial an inustrial entities,
although they have real estate.
TESTS:
a) 7y e$clusion) movables are
everything not inclue in Art. %1&.
b) 7y escription) an object is movable
if it possesses)
1) Ability to change location
2) 8ithout substantial injury to the
immovable to which it is
attache.
Important o!trines"prin!ip#es on
immo$a%#e and mo$a%#e properties:
a) A 7uiling is an immovable even if
not erecte by the owner of the
lan. 9he only criterion is union or
incorporation with the soil. (Ladera
vs. Hodges, 48 O.G. 4374).
b) :arties to a contract may by
agreement treat as personal
properties that which by nature
woul be real property# an it is a
familiar phenomenon to see things
classes as real property for purposes
of ta$ation which on general
principle might be consiere
personal property (Standard Oil Co.
vs. Jaranillo, 44 Phil 63).
c) ;or purposes of attachment an
e$ecution an for purposes of the
6hattel <ortgage =aw, ungathere
proucts have the nature of personal
property. (Si!al vs. "alde#, $% Phil,
$&).
) 9he human boy, whether alive or
ea, is neither real nor personal
property, for it is not even property
at all, in that it generally cannot be
appropriate. Uner certain
conitions, the boy of a person or
parts thereof may be subject matter
of a transaction. (See 'A 1o. !%/, 'A
1o. ,1,0, 'A 1o. ,,1/).
e) 8hat is the effect of temporary
separation of movables from the
immovables to which they have been
attache>
2 ?iews)
1) 9hey continue to be regare
as immovables.
2) ;act of separation etermines
the conition of the objects
thus recovering their conition
as movables.
@ the latter view is supporte by
:aras an 9olentino who maintains
that the failure of the coifiers to
reprouce the provision of the
partias on the matter is an
inication that they i not inten
the rule to continue.
f) A builing that is to be sol or
mortgage an which woul be
immeiately emolishe may be
consiere personal property an the
sale or mortgage thereof woul be a sale
of chattel, or a chattel mortgage
respectively, for the true object of the
contract woul be the materials.
II.
A. PROPERTY O& P'BLIC OMI(IO(
Con!ept: 2t is not owne by the
state but pertains to the state,
which, as territorial sovereign
e$ercises certain juriical
prerogatives over such property. 9he
ownership of such properties is in
the social group, whether national,
provincial or municipal.
Purpose: 9o serve the citi.ens an
not the state as a juriical person.
)inds:
1. 9hose intene for public use
2. 9hose which are not for public
use but intene for public
service
!. 9hose intene for the
evelopment of the national
wealth
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Autsie the commerce of man
2. 2nalienable. 7ut when no longer
neee for public use or service,
may be eclare patrimonial
property. 2n La'rel vs. Gar(ia
(87 SC)* 7+7), the Supreme
6ourt hel that Bwhether or not
the 'oppongi an relate
properties will eventually be
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
sol is a policy etermination
where both the :resient an
6ongress must concurC.
!. 6annot be ac(uire by
prescription
%. 1ot subject to attachment or
e$ecution
&. 6annot be burene with
easements
(OTE: 9hey cannot be registere uner
the lan registration law an be the
subject of a 9orrens title. 9he character
of public property is not affecte by
possession or even a 9orrens 9itle in
favor of private persons. (Palan(a vs.
Co,,on-ealth, 6+ Phil. 44+).
B. PATRIMO(IAL PROPERTY O& T*E
STATE
:roperty of the State owne by it in
its private or proprietary capacity.
the state has the same rights over
this "in of property as a private
iniviual in relation to his own
private property
C. PROPERTY O& LOCAL +OVER(ME(T
'(ITS ,L+'s-
1. :roperty for public use 4 consist of
roas, streets, s(uares, fountains,
public waters, promenaes an
public wor"s for public service pai
for by the =DUs
2. :atrimonial :roperty 4 all other
property possesse by =DUs without
prejuice to provisions of special
laws
(OTE: 2n the case of Provin(e o.
/a,!oanga 0el 1orte vs. Cit2 o.
/a,!oanga, the Supreme 6ourt
categorically state that Bthis court is
not incline to hol that municipal
property hel an evote to public
service is in the same category as
orinary private property. 9he
classification of municipal property
evote for istinctly governmental
purposes as public shoul prevail over
the 6ivil 6oe in this particular caseC.
Eere, the =aw of <unicipal 6orporations
was consiere as a special law in the
conte$t of Article %2% of the 166.
D. PROPERTY O& PRIVATE O.(ERS*IP
refers to all property belonging to
private persons either iniviually or
collectively an those belonging to
the State an any of its political
subivisions which are patrimonial in
nature
<uebles or furniture generally has
for its principal object the furnishing
or ornamenting of a builing. 1ote
that there are e$ceptions to this
efinition an are generally not
inclue as furniture unless the law
or the iniviualFs eclaration
inclue them.
O.(ERS*IP
9he right to enjoy, ispose, an
recover a thing without further
limitations than those establishe by
law or the will of the owner.
Rig/ts in!#uded:
1. 'ight to enjoy) (:U;A)
a) to possess (jus possieni)
b) to use (jus uteni)
c) to the fruits (jus frueni)
an accessions
) to abuse (jus abuteni)
2. 'ight to ispose) (3A9G)
a) to estroy
b) to alienate
c) to transform
) to encumber
!. 'ight to vinicate) (':)
a) pursuit
b) recovery
%. 'ight to e$clue) (G')
a) to enclose, fence an elimit
b) to repel intrusions even with
force
C/ara!teristi!s: (GDG2:)
1. Awnership is E#asti! 4 powerHs may
be reuce an thereafter
automatically recovere upon the
cessation of the limiting rights.
2. +enera# 4 the right to ma"e use of
all the possibilities or utility of the
thing owne, e$cept those attache
to other real rights e$isting thereon.
!. E0!#usi$e 4 there can only be one
ownership over a thing at a time.
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
9here may be two or more owners
but A1=I A1G ownership.
%. Independen!e 4 2t e$ists without
necessity of any other right
&. Perpetuit1 4 ownership lasts as long
as the thing e$ists. 2t cannot be
e$tinguishe by non user but only by
averse possession.
Limitations:
1. Deneral limitations impose by the
State for its benefit
2. Specific limitations impose by law
3. =imitations impose by the party
transmitting the property either by
contract or by will
4. =imitations impose by the owner
himself
5. 2nherent limitations arising from
conflict with other rights
e &a!to !ase o2 Eminent omain
e$propriation resulting from the
actions of nature as in one case
where lan becomes part of one sea.
9he owner loses his property in favor
of the state without any
compensation.
Prin!ip#e o2 Se#23*e#p
right of the owner or lawful
possessor to e$clue any person from
the enjoyment an isposal of the
property by the use of such force as
may be necessary to repel or prevent
actual or threatene unlawful
physical invasion or usurpation of his
property.
Requisites: ('A1A)
1. reasonable force
2. owner or lawful possessor is the
person who will e$ercise
3. no elay in oneFs e$ercise
4. actual or threatene physical
invasion or usurpation
G313)*L )4L35 A person cannot
interfere with the right of ownership of
another.
36C3P78O15 o!trine o2 In!omp#ete
Pri$i#ege or State o2 (e!essit1 (Article
%!2)
Requisites: (23)
1. Interference necessary
2. amage to another much greater
than amage to property
LE+AL REMEIES TO RECOVER
POSSESSIO( O& O(E4S PROPERTY
1. :ersonal property) 'eplevin
REPLEVI( + remey when the
complaint prays for the recovery of
the possession of personal property.
2. 'eal :roperty)
a. A662A1 219G'3269A=
(ature: summary action to
recover physical or material
possession only. 2t consists of
the summary actions of)
5. &or!i%#e entr1
Action for recovery of
material possession of real
property when a person
originally in possession was
eprive thereof by force,
intimiation, strategy, threat
or stealth
6. 'n#a72u# etainer
Action for recovery of
possession of any lan or
builing by lanlor, venor,
venee, or other person
against whom the possession
of the same was unlawfully
withhel after the e$piration
or termination of the right to
hol possession, by virtue of
any contract.
;orcible Gntry Unlawful
3etainer
*s to -hen 9ossession !e(a,e
'nla-.'l
:ossession of the
efenant is
unlawful from the
beginning as he
ac(uires
possession by
;orce,
intimiation,
strategy, threat or
stealth
:ossession is
inceptively lawful
but becomes illegal
from the time
efenant
unlawfully
withhols
possession after
the e$piration or
termination of his
right thereto.
*s to the ne(essit2 o. de,and
1o previous
eman for the
efenant to
vacate is
necessary
3eman is
jurisictional if the
groun is non+
payment of rentals
or failure to
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
comply with the
lease contract
*s to ne(essit2 o. 9roo. o. 9rior
9h2si(al 9ossession
:laintiff must
prove that he was
in prior physical
possession of the
premises until he
was eprive
thereof by the
efenant
:laintiff nee not
have been in prior
physical possession
*s to -hen the 2ear 9eriod is (o'nted
.ro,
1 year perio is
generally counte
from the ate of
actual entry on
the lan
1 year perio is
counte from the
ate of last
eman or last
letter of eman
b. A662A1 :U7=262A1A
(ature: Arinary civil
proceeing to recover the better
right of possession, e$cept in
cases of forcible entry an
unlawful etainer. 9he involve
is not possession e facto but
possession e jure.
c. A662A1 'G2?21326A9A'2A
(ature: action to recover real
property base on ownership.
Eere, the object is the recovery
of the ominion over the
property as owner.
Requisites:
1. 2entity of the :roperty
2. :laintiffFs title to the
property
Sur2a!e Rig/ts
9he owner of parcel of lan is the
owner of its surface an everything
uner it.
9he economic utility which such
space or subsoil offers to the owner
of the surface sets the limit of the
ownerFs right to the same.
*IE( TREAS'RE
e2inition) any hien or un"nown
eposit of money, jewelry or other
precious objects, the lawful
ownership of which oes not appear.
G313)*L )4L35 2t belongs to the
owner of the lan, builing or other
property on which it is foun.
36C3P78O1S5 9he finer is entitle to
J provie)
1. 3iscovery was mae on the
property of another, or of the
state or any of its political
subivisions#
2. 9he fining was mae by chance#
3. 9he finer is not a co+owner of
the property where it is foun#
4. 9he finer is not a trespasser#
5. 9he finer is not an agent of the
lanowner#
6. 9he finer is not marrie uner
the absolute community or the
conjugal partnership system
(otherwise his share belongs to
the community).
ACCESSIO(
9he right by virtue of which the
owner of a thing becomes the owner
of everything that it may prouce or
which may be inseparably unite or
incorporate thereto, either
naturally or artificially.
C#assi2i!ations:
1. *((ession 0is(reta 4 the right
pertaining to the owner of a thing over
everything prouce thereby
)inds o2 &ruits
a. natural fruits 4 spontaneous
proucts of the soil an the
young an other proucts of
animals
b. inustrial fruits 4 those prouce
by lans of any "in through
cultivation or labor
c. civil fruits 4 rents of builings,
price of leases or lans an the
amount of perpetual or life
annuities or other similar income
G313)*L )4L35 9o the owner
belongs the natural, inustrial, an
civil fruits.
36C3P78O1S5 2f the thing is)
,P'LA-
a) in possession of a possessor in
goo faith#
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
b) subject to a usufruct#
c) #ease or plege# or
) in possession of an antichretic
creitor
2. *((ession Contin'a 4 the right
pertaining to the owner of a thing over
everything that is incorporate or
attache thereto either naturally or
artificially# by e$ternal forces.
a. 8ith respect to rea# propert1
i. a((ession ind'strial
builing, planting or sowing
ii. a((ession nat'ral
alluvium, avulsion, change
of river course, an
formation of islans
%. 8ith respect to persona#
propert1
i. ajunction or conjuction
ii. commi$tion or confusion
iii specification
Basi! Prin!ip#es: (DA1G 7A3)
1. Ee who is in g oo faith may be hel
responsible but will not be
penali.e.
2. 9o the o wner of a thing belongs the
e$tension or increase of such thing.
3. 7a faith of one party n eutrali.es
the ba faith of the other.
4. 9here shoul be no unjust
e nrichment at the e$pense of
others.
5. B a faith involves liability for
amages.
6. A ccessory follows the principal.
7. Accession e$ists only if the
incorporation is such that separation
woul either seriously d amage the
thing or iminish its value.
Rig/t o2 A!!ession 7it/ respe!t to
Immo$a%#e Propert1
(OTE: See 9A7=GS
Important o!trines"Prin!ip#es:
a) Uner Art %%-, the lanowner may
not refuse both to pay for the
builing an to sell the lan an
instea see" to compel the owner of
the builing to remove the builing
from the lan. Ee is entitle to such
removal A1=I when, after having
chosen to sell the lan, the other
party fails to pay for sai lan.
(8gna(io vs. Hilario, 76 Phil. 6%$)
!) Shoul no other arrangement be
agree upon, the owner of the lan
oes not automatically become the
owner of the improvement.
(:ili9inas Colleges, 8n(. vs. 7i,!ang,
%6 Phil. &47)
() Article %%- is not applicable where a
person constructs a house on his own
lan an then sells the lan, not the
builing. (Coleong(o vs. )egalado,
&7 Phil 387)
d) Article %%- oes not apply to cases
which are governe by other
provisions of law such as co+
ownership, usufruct, agency, lease.
e) 9he provision on inemnity in Art.
%%- may be applie by analogy
consiering that the primary intent
of the law is to avoi a state of
force co+ownership especially
where the parties in the main agree
that Articles %%- an &%* are
applicable an inemnity for the
improvements may be pai although
they iffer as to the basis of the
inemnity. (Pe(son vs. C* &44 SC)*
4%7).
ACCESSIO( (AT'RAL
1. Alluvion or alluvium 4 increment
which lans abutting rivers graually
receive as a result of the current of
the waters.
Con!ept: it is the graual
eposit of seiment by the
natural action of a current of
fresh water (not sea water, the
original ientity of the eposit
being lost.
Requisites:
a)the eposit be graual an
imperceptible
b) that it be mae through the
effects of the current of the
water
c)that the lan where accretion
ta"es place is ajacent to the
ban"s of the river.
(OTES:
9he owners of the lans ajoining
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
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MEMORY AID IN CIVIL LAW
the ban"s of the river (riparian
lans) shall own the accretion which
they graually receive.
Accretion operates ipso jure.
Eowever, the aitional area is not
covere by a 9orrens title an the
riparian owner must register the
aitional area.
o!trines:
a) 8here the eposit is by sea
water, it belongs to the state
b) A graual change of be is also
governe by the rules of
alluvium (Canas vs. 7'ason $
Phil. 68+)
2. Avulsion 4 the transfer of a "nown
portion of lan from one tenement
to another by the force of the
current. 9he portion of lan must be
such that it can be ientifie as
coming from a efinite tenement.
Requisites:
a) 9he segregation an transfer
must be cause by the current of
a river, cree" or torrent.
b) 9he segregation an transfer
must be suen or abrupt
c) 9he portion of lan transporte
must be "nown or ientifie
(OTES:
9he owner must remove the
transporte portion within two years
to retain ownership
2n case of uproote trees, the owner
retains ownership if he ma"es a
claim within * months. 9his refers
only to uproote trees an oes not
inclue trees which remain plante
on a "nown portion of lan carrie
by the force of the waters. 2n this
latter case, the trees are regare
as accessions of the lan through
graual changes in the course of
ajoining stream. (Pa2atas vs.
7'a#on)
'egistration uner the 9orrens
system oes not protect the riparian
owner against iminution of the area
of his lan through graual changes
in the course of ajoining stream
(Pa2atas vs. 7'a#on).
A##u$ium A$u#sion
1. graual an
imperceptible
1. suen or
abrupt process
2. soil cannot be
ientifie
2. ientifiable an
verifiable
!. belongs to the
owner of the
property to which
it is attache
!. belongs to the
owner from whose
property it was
etache
%. merely an
attach+ment
%. etachment fol+
lowe by
attachment
!. Change of course of rivers
Requisites:
a) 9here must be a natural change
in the course of the waters of
the river
b) 9he change must be abrupt or
suen
(OTES:
Ance the river be has been
abanone, the owners of the
invae lan become owners of the
abanone be to the e$tent
provie by this article. 1o positive
act is neee on their part, as it is
subject thereto ipso jure from the
moment the moe of ac(uisition
becomes evient.
2t oes not apply to cases where the
river simply ries up because there
are no persons whose lans are
occupie by the waters of the river.
%. Formation of Islands
'U=GS A1 A81G'SE2:
a. 8. .or,ed !2 the sea5
1) within territorial waters +
State
2) outsie territorial waters 4
to the first occupant
!. 8. .or,ed in la;es, or naviga!le
or .loata!le rivers < State
(. 8. .or,ed on non<naviga!le or
non<.loata!le rivers5
1) if nearer to one margin or
ban" 4 to the nearer reparian
owner
2) if e(uiistant from both
ban"s+ to the reparian
owners, by halves.
CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Romuald Padilla ASST.CHAIRPERSON : Vida Bocar, Joyce Vidad EDP : Alnaia Ha!!iman, Doro"#y $ayon
S%BJECT HEADS: C#ri!"o&#er Rey 'ara!i(an )Per!on! and *amily Rela"ion!+, Ale,andro Ca!a-ar)Pro&er"y+, 'a.
R#odora
*errer).ill! and Succe!!ion+, Ian Dominic Pua)O-li(a"ion! and Con"rac"!+, S#a Eli,a# Dumama)Sale! and /ea!e+,
Jo#n S"e&#en
0uiam-ao)PAT+, C#ri!"o&#er Ca-i(ao)Credi" Tran!ac"ion!+, /i(aya Ali&ao)Tor"! and Dama(e!+, An"#ony
Pur(anan)/TD+,
'a. Rica!ion Tu(adi )Con1ic"! o2 /a3+
San Beda College of Law