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2009-12-14 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| On the other hand, being the sole transferree of his father, respondent showed through his tax declarations which were coupled with possessory acts that he, through his predecessor, had been in possession of the land for more than 30 years since 1916. "Open, exclusive and undisputed possession of alienable public land for the period prescribed by law creates the legal fiction whereby the land, upon completion of the requisite period - ipso jure and without the need of judicial or other sanction, ceases to be public land and becomes private property."[34] Ownership of immovable property is acquired by extraordinary prescription through possession for 30 years.[35] For purposes of deciding the instant case, therefore, the possession by respondent and his predecessor had already ripened into ownership of the subject realty by virtue of prescription as early as 1946. | |||||
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2008-11-27 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Petitioners, nevertheless, insist that they physically occupied the subject lot for more than 30 years and, thus, they gained ownership of the property through acquisitive prescription, citing Sandoval v. Insular Government [25] and San Miguel Corporation v. Court of Appeals. [26] | |||||