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a. Doctrine: Property; Article 434 of the Civil Code

provides that in an action to recover, the property
must be identified, and the plaintiff must rely on the
strength of his title and not on the weakness of the
defendant's claim.
b. Case Title : Baltazar Ibot vs. Heirs of Francisco
Tayco, G.R. No. 202950(J. Reyes) (April 16, 2015)
c. Facts:
d. Issue/s:
e. Held: xxxx

WHEREFORE ( copy the dispositive portion

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CIVIL LAW REVIEW 1
COURSE GUIDE - PUP RECAP 2
1ST Semester 2024-2025
ATTY. DANILO C. BARDE, LL.B., LL.M.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A general integration of the principles in Civil Law
covering the effects and application of laws, the law
on Human Relations, Property, Ownership and its
Modification, the Different Modes of Acquiring
Ownership and the General Principles on Wills and
Succession.

CREDIT: 3 UNITS
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

Discussions / amplifications on the assigned topics

and cases every meeting. Before each meeting
ends, a short quiz with basic questions from the
topics discussed will be given.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Civil Law Book 1; Persons and Family Relations;
Edgardo Paras.
2. Civil Law Book 11; Property; Edgardo Paras ;
Pineda;
3. Civil Law Review 1 & 2; Albano
4. Handbook on the Family Code of the Philippines;
Alicia V. Sempio-Diy ; Albano

COURSE OUTLINE:

I. Effect and Application of Laws (Art. 1-18)

CASES:
1. Orion Savings Bank vs. Suzuki; GR No. 205487;
November 12, 2014
2. NMSMI vs. DND, GR No. 187587; June 5, 2013
3. Norma A. Del Socorro vs. Ernst Johan Brinkman
Van Wilsem, GR No. 193707; December 10, 2014
4. Saudi Arabian Airlines vs. Ma. Jopette Rebesencio
et al. GR No. 198587; January 14, 2015
5. Grace J. Garcia-Recio vs. Rederick A. Garcia, GR
No. 138322; October 2, 2001
6. Millarosa vs. Carmel Development Inc. GR No.
194538; November 27, 2013
7. Ramonito O. Acaac vs. Melquiades D. Azcuna, Jr.
GR No. 187378, September 30, 2013
8. Brigido B. Quiao vs. Rita C. Quiao et al. GR No. 8.
176556; July 4, 2012
9. Soledad Lavadia vs, Heirs of Juan Luces Luna; GR.
No. 171194, July 23, 2014
10. Kazuhiro Hasegawa vs. Minuro Nikamura, GR.
No. 149177; November 23, 2007

II. Human Relations (Art. 19-36)

CASES:
1. Spouses Godfrey and Gerardina Serfino vs. Far
East Bank, GR. No. 171845; October 10, 2012
2. Titus B. Villanueva vs. Emma M. Rosqueta; GR. No.
180764; January 19, 2010
3. Gashem Shookat Baksh vs. Court of Appeals; GR.
No. 97336; February 19, 1993
4. Landbank of the Philippines vs. Alfredo Ong; GR
No. 190755; November 24, 2010 (Unjust
Enrichment/Action in rem verso)
5. Willaware Products Corporation vs. Jesichris
Manufacturing Corp. GR. No. 195549; September 3,
2014
6. Spouses Alejandro Manzanilla and Remedios
Velasco vs. Waterfields Industries Corporation; GR.
No. 177484; July 18, 2014
7. Raul Sesbreno vs. Court of Appeals; GR. No.
160689; March 26, 2014
8. Carlos A. Loria vs. Ludolfo P. Muñoz; GR. No.
187240, October 15, 2014
9. University of the Philippines vs. Philab Industries
Inc.; GR. No. 152411; September 29, 2004
10. Imelda Marbella-Bobis vs. Isagani D. Bobis; GR
No. 138509; July 31, 2000 (Prejudicial Question)

III. Introduction To Persons And Family Law

A. Persons (Art. 37-47)
1. Civil Personality
a. Juridical Capacity vs. Capacity to Act
b. Circumstances limiting Capacity to Act
c. Commencement of Personality
d. Age of Majority
e. Degree of Relations

CASES:
1. Antonio Geluz vs. Court of Appeals, GR. No. L-
16439; July 20, 1961
2. Carmen Quimiguing vs. Felix Icao, GR. No. 26795;
July 31, 1970
3. Continental Steel vs. Montaño, GR. No. 182836;
October 13, 2009

IV. Marriage (Art.1-54)

A. Definition of Marriage
1. Social Contract and Civil Status
CASES:
1. People vs. Elias Borromeo, GR. No. L-61873;
October 31, 1984
2. Arturio Trinidad vs. Court of Appeals, GR. NO.
118904; April 20, 1998
3. Jerrysus L. Tilar vs. Republic of the Philippines, GR.
No. 214529, July 12, 2017
B. Requisites of Marriage
1. Essential Requisites
2. Formal Requisites
C. Effects of Absence, Defect, Irregularities in the
Requisites
D. Marriages exempt from the license requirement
E. Void and voidable marriages
F. Psychological Incapacity
1. Requisites
2. Effects of declaration of nullity
G. Foreign Marriages and Foreign Divorces
CASES:
1. Republic vs. Liberty D. Albios, GR. No. 198780;
October 16, 2013
2. Restituto M. Alcantara vs. Rosita A. Alcantara, GR.
No. 167746; August 28, 2007
3. Syed Azhar Abbas vs. Gloria Goo Abbas; GR. No.
183896; January 30, 2013
4. Engrace Niñal vs. Norma Bayadog, GR. No.
133778; March 14, 2000
5. Republic vs. Jose A. Dayot, GR. No. 175581, March
28, 2008
6. Reiniel Anthony B. De Castro vs. Annabelle
Assidao-De Castro, GR. No. 160172; February 13,
2008
7. Leonila G. Santiago vs. People, GR. No. 200233;
July 15, 2015
8. Mercedita Mata Arañes vs. Judge Salvador M.
Occiano, AM. No. MTJ-02-1390; April 11, 2002
9. Rene Ronulo vs. People, GR. No. 182438; July 02,
2014
10. Lucio C. Morigo vs. People, GR. No. 145226;
February 06, 2004
11. Republic vs. Cipriano Orbecido III, GR. No.
154380; October 5, 2005
12. Republic vs. Marelyn Tañedo, GR. No. 221029;
April 24, 2018
13. Marlyn Monton Nullada vs. The Hon. Civil
Registrar of Manila, GR. No. 224548; January 23,
2019
14. Minoru Fujiki vs. Maria Paz Galela Marinay, GR.
No. 196049; June 26, 2013
15. Maria Victoria Socorro Lontoc-Cruz vs. Nilo Santos
Cruz, GR. No. 201988; October 11, 2017
16. Yolanda E. Garlet vs. Vencidor T. Garlet, GR. No.
193544; August 2, 2017
17. Sally Go-Bangayan vs. Benjamin Bangayan, Jr.;
GR. No. 210061; July 3, 2013
18. Manuel R. Bakunawa III vs. Nora Reyes
Bakunawa, GR. No.
217993, August 9, 2017
19. Republic vs. Melinda Olaybar, GR. No. 189538;
February 10, 2014
20. Braza vs. The City Civil Registrar of
Himaymalayan City, Negros Occidental, GR. No.
181174; December 4, 2009
21. Juliano Llave vs. Republic; GR. No. 169766; March
30, 2011
22. Valerio Kalaw vs. Ma. Elena Fernandez, GR. No.
166357; January 14, 2015
23. Republic vs. Roridel Olaviano Molina; GR. No.
108763, February 13, 1997
24. Leonilo Antonio vs. Marie Ivonne Reyes, GR. No.
155800; March 10, 2006
25. Celerina J. Santos vs. Ricardo T. Santos, GR. No.
187061; October 8, 2014
26. Pulido vs. People GR No. 220149, July 27, 2021.
27. Tan-Andal vs. Andal, GR No. 196359, May 11,
2021

V. Legal Separation
A. Grounds
B. Effects of Legal Separation
CASES:
1. Ong Eng Kiam a.k.a. William Ong vs. Lucita Ong,
GR. No. 153206; October 23, 2006
2. Mario Siochi vs. Alfredo Gozon, GR. No. 169900;
March 18, 2010
VI. Rights and Obligations Between Husband
and Wife
CASES:
1. In the matter of the Petition for Habeas Corpus of
Potenciano Ilusorio vs. Erlinda K. Ilusorio-Bildner, GR.
NO. 139789; July 19, 2001
2. Nancy Go and Alex Go vs. The Honorable Court of
Appeals, GR. No. 114791, May 29, 1997
3. Ma. Virginia V. Remo vs. The Honorable Secretary
of Foreign Affairs, GR. No. 169202; March 5, 2010
VII. Property Relations Between Husband and
Wife
A. General Provisions
B. Donations by Reason of Marriage or Donations
Propter Nuptias
C. System of Absolute Community
D. Conjugal Partnership of Gains
E. Separation of Property of the Spouses
F. Regime of Separation of Property
G. Property Regime of Unions Without Marriage
CASES:
1. Alain M. Diño vs. Ma. Caridad L. Diño; GR. No.
178044; January 19, 2011
2. Efren Pana vs. Heirs of Jose Juanite, Jr., GR. No.
164201; December 10, 2012
3. Antonio A.S. Valdes vs. Regional Trial Court, Branch
102, Quezon City, GR. No. 122749; July 31, 1996
4. Virginia Ocampo vs. Deogracio Ocampo, GR. No.
198908; August 3, 2015
5. Brigido B. Quiao vs. Rita C. Quiao, GR. No. 176556;
July 4, 2012
6. Dolores Alejo vs. Spouses Ernesto Cortez, GR. No.
206114; June 19, 2017
7. Rafael C. Uy vs. Estate of Vipa Fernandez, GR. No.
200612, April 05, 2017
8. Estrella Abid-Babano vs. Executive Secretary, GR.
No. 201176, August 28, 2019
9. Jo-Ann Diaz-Salgado vs. Luis Anson, GR. No.
204494; July 27, 2016

VIII. The Family

A. The Family as an Institution
B. The Family Home
CASES:
1. Antipolo Ining vs. Leonardo R. Vega, GR. No.
174727; August 12, 2013
2. Consolacion D. Romero vs. Engracia D. Singson,
GR. No. 200969; August 03, 2015
3. Jose Z. Moreno vs. Rene M. Kahn, GR. No. 217744;
July 30, 2018
4. Felicitas L.Salazar vs. Remedios Felias, GR. No.
213972, February 05, 2018
5. Florante Vitug vs. Evangeline A. Abuda, GR. No.
201264, January 11, 2016

IX. Paternity and Filiation

A. Legitimate Children
B. Proof of Filiation
C. Illegitimate Children
D. Legitimation
CASES:
1. Ma. Rosario De Santos vs. Hon. Adoracion G.
Angeles, GR. No. 105619; December 12, 1995
2. Social Security System vs. Rosanna H. Aguas, GR.
No. 165546; February 27, 2006
3. Glenn M. Miller vs. Joan Miller and the Local Civil
Registrar of Gubat, Sorsogon, GR. No. 200344;
August 28, 2019
4. Ma. Cristina Torres Braza vs. The City Civil
Registrar of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, GR.
No. 181174; December 4, 2009
5. Romeo F. Ara vs. Dra. Fely S. Pizarro, GR. No.
187273; February 15, 2017
6. In the Matter of Petition for Cancellation of
Certificates of Live Birth of Yuhares Jan Barcelote
Tinitigan vs. Republic of the Philippines, GR. No.
222095; August 7, 2017
7. Rodolfo S. Aguilar vs. Edna G. Siasat,
GR.No.200169; January 28, 2015
8. Heirs of Paula C. Fabillar vs. Miguel M. Paller, GR.
No. 231459, January 21, 2019
9. Heirs of Ignacio Conti vs. Court of Appeals, GR. No.
118464, December 21, 1998
10. Richelle P. Abella vs. Policarpio Cabañero, GR. No.
206647, August 9, 2017
X. Adoption
A. Domestic Adoption (Republic Act 8552-Domestic
Adoption Act of 1998)
B. Inter-Country Adoption (Republic Act 8043- Inter-
Country Adoption Act of 1992)
CASES:
1. In the Matter of the Adoption of Stephanie Nathy
Astorga Garcia, GR No. 148311, March 31, 2005
2. Rosario Mata Castro vs. Jose Maria Jed Lemuel
Gregorio, GR. No. 188801, October 15, 2014
3. Bernardina P. Bartolome vs. Social Security
System, GR. No. 192531, November 12, 2014
4. Eugenio R. Reyes vs. Librada F. Mauricio, GR. No.
175080; November 24, 2010
5. Isabelita S. Lahom vs. Jose Melvin Sibulo, GR. No.
143989, July 14, 2003
XI. Support
A. Legal Support
B. Contractual Support
CASES:
1. Spouses Prudencio and Filomena Lim vs. Ma.
Cheryl S. Lim, GR. No. 163209; October 30, 2009
2. Ma. Belen B. Mangonon vs. Court of Appeals, GR.
No. 125041; June 30, 2006
3. Dolores Montefalcon vs. Ronnie S.Vasquez, GR. No.
165016; June 17, 2008
4. Joey D. Briones vs. Maricel P. Miguel, GR. No.
156343; October 18, 2004

XII. Parental Authority

A. General Provisions
B. Substitute and Special Parental Authority
C. Effect of Parental Authority upon the persons of
the children
D. Effect of Parental Authority upon the property of
the children
E. Suspension or termination of parental authority
CASES:
1. Renalyn A. Masbate vs. Ricky James Relucio, GR.
No. 235498, July 30, 2018
2. Napoleon D. Neri vs. Heirs of Hadji Yusop Uy, GR.
No. 194366; October 10, 2012

XIII. Emancipation and Age of Majority

XIV. Summary Judicial Proceedings in the Family
Law
CASE:
1. Estrellita Tadeo-Matias vs. Republic, GR. No.
230751; April 25, 2018

XV. Final Provisions

A. Funerals
CASE:
1. Fe Floro Valino vs. Rosario D. Adriano, GR. No.
182894, April 22, 2014
B. Use of Surnames
CASES:
1. Republic of the Philippines vs. Court of Appeals
and Maximo Wong, GR. No. 97906, May 21, 1992
2. In Re: Petition for Change of Name and/or
Correction/Cancellation of Entry in Civil Registry of
Julian Lin Carulasan Wang, GR. No. 159966; March
30, 2005
3. Grace M. Grande vs. Patricio T. Antonio, GR. No.
206248, February 18, 2014
4. Republic vs. Trinidad R.A. Capote, GR. No. 157043,
February 2, 2007
5. Rommel Jacinto Dantes Silverio vs. Republic, GR.
No. 174689; October 22, 2007
6. Republic vs. Michelle Soriano Gallo, GR. No.
207074; January 17, 2018
7. Dr. Ruben C. Bartolome vs. Republic, GR. No.
243288; August 28, 2019
8. Republic vs. Hon. Jose R. Hernandez, GR. No.
117209; February 9, 1996
9. Republic vs. Jennifer B. Cagandahan, GR. No.
166676; September 12, 2008
10. Republic vs. Lorena Omapas Sali, GR. No.
206023, April 03, 2017
11. Republic vs. Miller Omandam Unabia, GR. No.
213346, February 11, 2019
12. Ramon Corpus Tan vs. Office of the Local Civil
Registrar of the City of Manila, GR. No. 211435, April
10, 2019
13. Matron M. Ohama vs. Office of the Local Civil
Registar of Aguinaldo, Ifugao, GR. No. 239584, June
17, 2019
14. Alanis vs. Court of Appeals, GR No. 216425, Nov.
11, 2020

C. Absence
CASES:
1. RE: Petition for Declaration of Absence of Roberto
L. Reyes vs. Hon. Jose P. Alejandro, GR. No. L-32026,
January 16, 1986

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PROPERTY

A. Classification of Property
1. Immovable Property
2. Movable Property
CASES:
1. Luis Marcos P. Laurel vs. Hon. Zeus C. Abrogar, GR.
No. 155076; January 13, 2009
2. Capitol Wireless, Inc. vs. Provincial Treasurer of
Batangas, GR. No. 180110; May 30, 2016
3. Serg’s Products, Inc. vs. PCI Leasing and Finance,
Inc. GR. No. 137705; August 22, 2000
4. Manila Electric Company vs. The City Assessor, GR.
No. 166102; August 5, 2015
5. Provincial Assessor of Agusan del Sur vs. Filipinas
Palm Oil Plantation, Inc. GR. No. 183416; October 5,
2016
6. Republic vs. Spouses Ildefonso Alejandre and
Zenaida Ferrer Alejandre, GR. No. 217336, October
17, 2018
3. Based on Ownership
CASES:
1. Teofilo C. Villarico vs. Vivencio Sarmiento, GR. No.
136438; November 11, 2004
2. Kawayan Hills Corp. vs. Court of Appeals, GR. No.
203090, September 5, 2018
3. Republic vs. Spouses Guillermo Alonso and
Inocencia Britanico-Alonso, GR. No. 210738, August
14, 2019
4. Teofilo Alolino vs. Fortunato Flores, GR. No.
198774, April 4, 2016

B. Ownership
1. In general
CASES:
1. Jessica Lio Martinez vs. Heirs of Remberto F. Lim,
GR. No. 234655; September 11, 2019
2. Department of Education vs. Mariano Tuliao, GR.
No. 205664, June 9, 2014
3. Heirs of Paciano Yabao vs. Paz Lentejas Van Der
Kolk, GR. No. 207266, June 25, 2014
4. Baltazar Ibot vs. Heirs of Francisco Tayco, GR. No.
202950, April 16, 2015
5. Republic vs. Rural Bank of Kabacan, GR. No.
185124; January 25, 2012
6. German Management & Services, Inc. vs. Court of
Appeals, GR. No. 76217; September 14, 1989
(Doctrine of Self Help)
7. National Power Corporation vs. Ibrahim, GR. No.
168732; June 29, 2007 (right to sub-surface and
airspace)
8. Edna Palero-Tan vs. Ciriaco I. Urdaneta, Jr., A.M. No.
P-07-2399, June 18, 2008 (right to hidden treasure)
2. Rules on Accession
CASES:
1. Magdalena Villasi vs. Spouses Filomeno Garcia and
Ermelinda Halili-Garcia, GR. No. 190106; January 15,
2014
2. Spouses Julian Belvis vs. Conrado Erola, GR. No.
239727; July 24, 2019
3. Pablo M. Padilla vs. Leopoldo Malicsi, GR. No.
201354, September 21, 2016
4. Leviste Management System Inc. vs. Legazpi
Towers 200, Inc. GR. No. 199353; April 4, 2018
5. Spouses Maximo Espinoza vs. Spouses Antonio
Mayandoc, GR. No. 211170, July 3, 2017
6. Filomena R. Benedicto vs. Antonio Villaflores, GR.
No. 185020; October 6, 2010
7. Spouses Juan Nuquid and Erlinda T. Nuquid, GR.
No. 151815, February 23, 2005
8. Mercy Vda. De Roxas vs. Our Lady’s Foundation,
Inc. GR. No. 182378, March 6, 2013
9. Heirs of Victorino Sarili vs. Pedro F. Lagrosa, GR.
No. 193517; January 15, 2014
10. Spouses Crispin Aquino vs. Spouses Eusebio
Aguilar, GR. No. 182754; June 29, 2015
11. Erlinda Dinglasan Delos Santos vs. Alberto
Abejon, GR. No. 215820, March 20, 2017
12. Josephine P. Delos Reyes vs. Municipality of
Kalibo, Aklan, GR. No. 214587, February 20, 2018
13. Republic vs. Arcadio Ivan A. Santos III, GR. No.
160453; November 12, 2012
14. Elsa Degayo vs. Cecilia Magbanua Dinglasan, GR.
No. 173148; April 6, 2015
15. Bank of the Philippine Islands vs. Vicente Victor
C. Sanchez et al. GR. No. 179518; November 19,
2014
16. Republic v. Pasig Rizal Co., Inc. GR No. 213207,
February 15, 2022
3. Quieting of Title
CASES:
1. Herminio M. De Guzman vs. Tabangao Realty Inc.,
GR. No. 154262, February 11, 2015
2. Phil-Ville Development and Housing Corporation
vs. Bonifacio, GR.No. 167391, June 8, 2011
3. Guillermo Salvador vs. Patricia, Inc. GR. No.
195834, November 9, 2016
4. Filipinas Eslon Manufacturing Corp. vs. Heirs of
Basilio Llanes, GR. No. 194114, March 27, 2019
5. Desiderio Dalisay Investments, Inc. vs. Social
Security System, GR. No. 231053, April 4, 2018
6. Spouses Jaime and Catherine Basa vs. Angeline
Loy vda de Senly Loy, GR. No. 204131, June 4, 2018
7. Residents of Lower Atab & Teacher’s Village,
Barangay Sto. Tomas Proper, Baguio City vs. Sta.
Monica Industrial and Development Corp., GR. No.
198878, October 15, 2014
8. Heirs of Pacifico Pocido vs. Arsenia Avila and
Emelinda Chua, GR. No. 199146, March 19, 2014
9. Juanario G. Campit vs. Isidra B. Gripa, GR. No.
195443, September 17, 2014
10. Jose S. Ocampo vs. Ricardo S. Ocampo, Sr., GR.
No. 227894, July 5, 2017
11. Efren Tandog vs. Renato Macapagal, GR. No.
144208; September 11, 2007
12. Antonio James vs. Eurem Realty Development
Corp. GR. No. 190650, October 14, 2013
13. Imelda Syjuco vs. Felisa Bonifacio, GR. No.
148748, January 14, 2015

B. Co-ownership
CASES:
1. Wilfredo A. Vagilidad vs. Gabino Vagilidad, Jr., GR.
No. 161136, November 16, 2006
2. Lilia Sanchez vs. CA, GR.No. 152766, June 20,
2003
3. Vicente Torres, Jr. vs. Lorenzo Lapinid, GR. No.
187987, November 26, 2014
4. Lourdes C. Fernandez vs. Norma Villegas, GR. No.
200191, August 20, 2014
5. Extraordinary Development Corp. vs. Herminia F.
Samson-Bico, GR. No. 191090, October 13, 2014
6. Fortunato Anzures vs. Erlinda Ventanilla, GR. No.
222297, July 9, 2018
7. Raul V. Arambulo vs. Genaro Nolasco, GR. No.
189420, March 26, 2014
8. Spouses Primo Inalvez vs. Bayang Nool, GR.No.
188145, April 18, 2016
9. Rogelio Logrosa vs. Spouses Cleofe and Cesar
Azares, GR. No. 217611, March 27, 2019
10. Rosario Victoria vs Normita Jacob Pidlaoan, GR.
No. 196470, April 20, 2016
11. Socorro T. Clemente vs. Republic, GR. No.
220008, February 20, 2019
12. Nieves Plasabas vs. CA, GR. No. 166519, March
31, 2009
13. Rey Castigador Catedrilla vs. Mario and Margie
Lauron, GR. No. 179011, April 15, 2013
14. Petronio Clidoro vs. Augusto Jalmanzar, GR. No.
176598, July 9, 2014
15. Wilfredo and Swarnie Aromin vs. Paulo Floresca,
GR. No. 160994, July 27, 2006
16. Heirs of Roger Jarque vs. Marcial Jarque, GR. No.
196733, November 21, 2018
17. Nicomedes Augusto vs. Antonio Carlota Dy, GR.
No. 218731, February 13, 2019
18. Carolina Vda. De Figuracion vs. Emilia Figuracion-
Gerilla, GR. No. 151334, February 13, 2013
19. Virginia y. Gochan vs. Charles Mancao, GR. No.
182314, November 12, 2013
20. Narcisa Avila vs. Spouses Benjamin Barabat, GR.
No. 141993, March 17, 2006
21. Spouses Roman Pascual vs. Spouses Antonio
Ballesteros, GR. No. 186269, February 15, 2012
22. Angelina A. Bayan vs. Celia A. Bayan, GR. No.
220741, August 14, 2019
23. Heirs of Feliciano Yambao vs. Heirs of
Hermogenes Yambao, GR. No. 194260, April 13, 2016
24. Vilma Quintos vs. Pelagia Nicolas, GR. No.
210252, June 16, 2014
25. Perla Patricio vs. Marcelino Dario III, GR. No.
170829, November 20, 2006
26. City of Batangas vs. Philippine Shell Petroleum
Corp., GR. No. 195003, June 7, 2017

D. Possession
1. Kinds of Possession
2. Acquisition of Possession
3. Effects of Possession
CASES:
1. Ernesto V. Yu vs. Baltazar Pacleb, GR. No. 130316,
January 24, 2007
2. Spouses Reynaldo and Hilly G. Sombilon vs. Atty.
Rey Ferdinand Garay and PNB, GR. No. 179914, June
16, 2014
3. Norma V. Javate vs. Spouses Renato J. Tiotuico and
Lerma C. Tiotuico, GR. No. 187606, March 9, 2015
4. Marcela M. Dela Cruz vs. Antonio O. Hermano, GR.
No. 160914, March 25, 2015
5. PNB vs. Generoso De Jesus, GR. No. 149295,
September 23, 2003
6. Samuel Parilla vs. Dr. Prospero Pilar, GR. No.
167680, November 30, 2006
7. Jaime Abalos vs. Heirs of Vicente Torio, GR. No.
175444, December 14, 2011
8. Rodolfo Santos vs. Ronald C. Manalili, GR. No.
157812, November 22, 2005
9. Maria Carlos vs. Republic, GR. No. 164823, August
31, 2005
10. Florentino Ochoa vs. Mario Apeta, GR. No.
146259, September 13, 2007
11. Tining Resuena vs. CA, GR. No. 128338, March
28, 2005
12. NHA vs. Manila Seedlings Bank Foundation Inc.
GR. No. 183543, June 20, 2016
13. Anacleto C. Mangaser vs. Dionisio Ugay, GR. No.
204926, December 03, 2014
14. Carmencita A. Suarez vs. Mr. & Mrs. Felix Emboy
Jr., GR. No. 187944, March 12, 2014
15. Spouses Edmundo Dela Cruz vs. Spouses Rufino
R. Capco, GR. No. 176055, March 17, 2014
16. Bonifacio Piedad vs. Spouses Victorio Gurieza,
GR. No. 207525, June 18, 2014
17. Fe U. Quijano vs. Atty. Daryll A. Amante, GR. No.
164277, October 8, 2014
18. Paul P. Gabriel, Jr. vs. Carmeling Crisologo, GR.
No. 204626, June 9, 2014
19. Subic Bay Legend Resorts and Casinos, Inc. vs.
Bernard C. Fernandez, GR. No. 193426, September
29, 2014
20. Penta Pacific Realty Corp. vs. Ley Construction
and Devt. Corp., GR. No. 161589, November 24, 2014

E. Usufruct
1. In general
2. Rights and obligations of the usufructuary
3. Extinguishment
CASES:
1. Mercedes Moralidad vs. Spouses Pernes, GR. No.
152809, August 3, 2006
2. NHA vs. CA, GR. No. 148830, April 13, 2005
3. Maxima Hemedes vs. CA, GR. No. 107132, October
8, 1999

F. Easements
1. Modes of acquiring easements
CASES:
1. Pilar Devt. Corp. vs. Ramon Dumadag, GR. No.
194336, March 11, 2013
2. Heirs of the late Joaquin Limense vs. Rita Vda. De
Ramos, GR. No. 152319, Ocotber 28, 2009
3. Privatization and Management office vs. Legazpi
Towers 300, Inc. GR. No. 147957, July 22, 2009
4. Unisource Commercial and Devt Corp. vs. Joseph
Chung, GR. No. 173252, July 17, 2009
5. Spouses Victor Valdez vs. Spouses Francisco
Tabisula, GR. No. 175510, July 28, 2008
6. Private Devt. Corp. of the Philippines vs. CA, GR.
No. 136897, November 22, 2005
7. Solid Manila Corp. vs. Bio Hong Trading Co., GR.
No. 90596, April 8, 1991
8. Spouses Manuel Salimbangon vs. Spouses Santos
Tan, GR. No. 185240, January 21, 2010
9. Bogo-Medellin Milling Co. Inc. vs. CA, GR. No.
124699, July 31, 2003
10. La Vista Association vs. CA, GR. No. 95252,
September 5, 1997
11. Teofilo Alolino vs. Fortunato Flores, GR. No.
198774, April 4, 2016
12. Bicol Agro-Industrial Producers Cooperative, Inc.
vs. Edmundo Obias, GR. No. 172077, October 9, 2009
13. Souses Tedy Garcia vs. Loreta T. Santos, GR. No.
228334, June 17, 2019

2. Rights and obligations of the owners of the

dominant and servient estates
3. Modes of extinguishment
CASES:
1.Spouses Bernabe Mercader, Jr. vs. Spouses Jesus
Bardillas, GR.No. 163157, June 27, 2016
2. Alicia B. Reyes vs. Spouses Valentin Ramos, GR.
No. 194488, February 11, 2015
3. Goldcrest Realty Corp. Vs. Cypress Gardens
Condominium Corp. GR. No. 171072, April 7, 2009
4. Legal vs. voluntary easements
5. Kinds of legal easement
a. Relating to waters
b. Right of way
c. Light and view
CASES:
1. Spouses Larry and Rosarita Williams vs. Rainero
Zerda, GR. No. 207146, March 15, 2017
2. Helen Calimoso vs. Axel Roullo, GR. No. 198594,
January 25, 2016
3. Crispin Dichoso, Jr. vs. Patrocinio L. Marcos, GR. No.
180282, April 11, 2011
4. Apolinardito Quintanilla vs. Pedro Abangan, GR.
No. 160613, February 12, 2008
5. Woodridge School, Inc. vs. ARB Construction Co.
Inc., GR. No. 157285, February 16, 2007
6. AMA Land, Inc. vs. Wack Wack Residents’
Association, GR. No. 202342, July 19, 2017
7. Margarita F. Castro vs. Napoleon A. Monsod, GR.
No. 183719, February 2, 2011
G. Nuisance
CASES:
1. Linda Rana vs. Teresita Lee Wong, GR. No. 192861,
192862, June 30, 2014
2. Natividad C. Cruz vs. Pandacan Hiker’s Club, Inc.
GR. No. 188213, January 11, 2016
3. AC Enterprises, Inc. vs. Frabelle Properties Corp.
GR. No. 166744, November 2, 2006
4. Crisostomo Aquino vs. Municipality of Malay,
Aklan, GR. No. 211356, September 29, 2014
5. North Greenhills Association, Inc. vs. Atty. Narciso
Morales, August 9, 2017
6. Concepcion Parayno vs. Jose Jovellanos, GR. No.
148408, July 14, 2006
7. City of Manila vs. Judge Laguio, Jr., GR. No.
118127, April 25, 2005
8. Lucena Grand Central Terminal, Inc. vs. JAC Liner,
Inc., GR. No. 148339, February 23, 2005
9. Guillermo M. Telmo vs. Luciano M. Bustamante,
GR. No. 182567, July 13, 2009
10. Emilio Gancayco vs. Quezon City, GR. No.
177807, October 11, 2011
11. Jaime S. Perez vs. Spouses Fortunito Madrona,
GR. No. 184478, March 21, 2012

H. Modes of Acquiring and Transmitting

Ownership
1. Occupation
2. Donation
a. Nature
b. Persons who may give or receive a donation
c. Effects and limitations of donation
d. Revocation and reduction
3. Prescription
a. General provisions
b. Prescription of ownership and other real rights
c. Prescription of actions
CASES:
1. San Lorenzo Devt. Corp. vs. CA, GR. No. 124242,
January 21, 2005
2. Union Motor Corp. vs. CA, GR. No. 117817, July 20,
2001
3. Julita V. Imuan vs. Juanito Cereno, GR. No. 167995,
September 11, 2009
4. Heirs of Bienvenido and Araceli Tanyag vs. Gabriel,
GR. No. 175763, April 11, 2012
5. Rosario Tan vs. Artemio Ramirez, GR. No. 158929,
August 3, 2010
6. Spouses Anita and Honorio Aguirre vs. Heirs of
Lucas Villanueva, GR. No. 169898, October 27, 2006
7. Heirs of Marcelino Cabal vs. Spouses Lorenzo
Cabal, GR. No. 153625, July 31, 2006
8. Republic vs. Northern Cement, GR. No. 200256,
April 11, 2018
9. Charles Bumagat vs. Regalado Arribay, GR. No.
194818, June 9, 2014
10. Republic vs. Federico Daclan, GR. No. 197115,
March 23, 2015
11. Heirs of Marcelina Arzadon-Crisologo vs. Agrifina
Rañon, GR. No. 171068, September 5, 2007
12. Consuelo Pangasinan vs. Cristina Disonglo-
Almazora, GR. No. 200558, July 1, 2015
13. Filadelfa Lausa vs. Mauricia Quilaton, GR. No.
170671, August 19, 2015
14. Heirs of Anacleto B. Nieto vs. Municipality of
Meycauayan, Bulacan, GR. No. 150654, December
13, 2007
15. Agueda De Vera-Cruz vs. Sabina Miguel, GR. No.
144103, August 31, 2005
16. Heirs of Mario Malabanan vs. Republic, GR. No.
179987, April 29,2009
17. Heirs of Rosendo Sevilla Florencio vs. Heirs of
Teresa Sevilla de Leon, GR. No. 149570, March 12,
2004
18. Manuel Abello vs. CIR, GR. No. 120721, February
23, 2005
19. Reynaldo Bascara vs. Sheriff Rolando Javier, GR.
No. 188069, June 17, 2015
20. Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Spouses Froilan Branoco,
GR. No. 172804, January 24, 2011
21. Jarabina Del Rosario vs. Asuncion Ferrer, GR. No.
187056, September 20, 2010
22. Cerila J. Calanasan vs. Spouses Virgilio Dolorito,
GR. No. 171937, November 25, 2013
23. Elvira Arangote vs. Spouses Martin Maglunob, GR.
No. 178906, February 18, 2009
24. Homeowners Association of Talayan Village, Inc.
vs. J.M. Tuason & Co. Inc. GR. Nos. 203883/203930,
November 10, 2015
25. Republic vs. Leon Silim, GR. No. 140487, April 2,
2001
26. Shopper’s Paradise Realty and Devt. Corp. vs.
Efren Roque, GR. No. 148775, January 13, 2004
27. Rolando Santos vs. Constancia Santos-Alana, GR.
No. 154942, August 16, 2005
28. Secretary of Education vs. Heirs of Rufino Dulay,
Sr. GR. No. 164748, January 27, 2006
29. Zamboanga Barter Traders Kilusang Bayan, Inc.
vs. Plagata, GR. No. 148433, September 30, 2008
30. Province of Camarines Sur vs. Bodega Glassware,
GR. No. 194199, March 22, 2017

WILLS AND SUCCESSION

A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Basic Principles
CASES:
1. Dolores Hacbang vs. Atty. Basilio Alo, GR.No.
191031, October 5, 2015
2. Salitico vs. Heirs of Felix, GR. No. 240199, April 10,
2019
3. Tadeo-Matias vs. Republic, GR. No. 230751, April
25, 2018
4.Bernardina P. Bartolome vs. SSS, GR. No. 192531,
November 12, 2014
5. Nora B. Calalang-Parulan vs. Rosario Calalang-
Garcia, GR. No. 184148, June 9, 2014
6. Treyes vs. Larlar, GR No. 232579, Sept. 8, 2020
2. Wills in General
CASES:
1. Dr. Jorge Rabadilla vs. CA, GR. No. 113725, June
29, 2000
2. Fe Floro Valino vs. Rosario Adriano, GR. No.
182894, April 22, 2014
3. Leticia Valmonte Ortega vs. Josefina C. Valmonte,
GR. No. 157451, December 16, 2005
4. Antonio Baltazar vs. Lorenzo Laxa, GR. No.
174489, April 11, 2012
5. Danilo Aluad vs. Zenaido Aluad, GR. No. 176943,
October 17, 2008

3. Kinds and Formalities of Wills

CASES:
1. Testate Estate of the Late Alipio Abada vs. Alipio
Abaja, GR. No. 147145, January 31, 2005
2. Margie Santos Mitra vs. Perpetua Sablan-Guevarra,
GR. No. 213994, April 18, 2018
3. Felix Azuela vs. CA, GR. No. 122880, April 12, 2006
4. Enrique S. Lopez vs. Diana Jeanne Lopez, GR. No.
189984, November 12, 2012

4. Codicils and Subsequent Wills

5. Revocation of Wills
6. Republication and Revival of Wills
7. Probate of Wills
CASES:
1. Salud Teodoro Vda. De Perez vs. Hon. Zotico A.
Tolete, GR. No. 76714, June 2, 1994
2. Carmen Cañiza vs. CA, GR. No. 110427, February
24, 1997
3. Testate Estate of the deceased Mariano Molo vs.
Luz Molo, GR. No. L-2538, September 21,
1951 (DOCTRINE OF DEPENDENT RELATIVE
REVOCATION)
4. Union Bank of the Philippines vs. Edmund
Santibañez, GR. No. 149926, February 23, 2005
5. Iris Morales vs. Ana Maria Olondriz, GR. No.
198994, February 3, 2016
6. Jarabini Del Rosario vs. Asuncion Ferrer, GR. No.
187056, September 20, 2010

B. TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION: LEGITIME

1. Wills
2. Institution of heirs
2.1. Compulsory Heirs
2.2. Reserva Troncal or Reserva Lineal
2.3. Voluntary Heirs
2.4. Preterition
CASES:
1. Ruperta Palaganas vs. Ernesto Palaganas, GR. No.
169144, January 26, 2011
2. Amelia Arellano vs. Francisco Pascual, GR. No.
189776, December 15, 2010
3. Josefa Delgado Vda. De Dela Rosa vs. Heirs of
Marciana Rustia Vda. De Damian, GR. No. 155733,
January 27, 2006
4. Lolita D. Enrico vs. Heirs of Spouses Medinaceli,
GR. No. 173614, September 28, 2007
5. Michael C.Guy vs. CA, GR. No. 163707, September
15, 2006
6. Mendoza vs. Delos Santos, GR. No. 176422. March
20, 2013
7. Heirs of Policronio M. Ureta, Sr. vs. Heirs of
Liberato M. Ureta, GR. No. 165748, September 14,
2011

3. Substitution of heirs
4. Conditional testamentary dispositions and those
with a term
5. Legitime
6. Disinheritance
7. Legacies and devises
CASES:
1. J.L.T. Agro vs. Antonio Balansag, GR. No. 141882,
March 11, 2005
2. Orendain vs. Trusteeship of the estate of Doña
Margarita Rodriguez, GR. No. 168660, June 30, 2009
3. Dy Yieng Seangio vs. Hon. Amor Reyes, GR. No.
140371-72, November 27, 2006
4. Ofelia Bagunu vs. Pastora Piedad, GR. No. 140975,
December 8, 2000

C. Legal or intestate succession

1. General provisions; relationship and right of
representation
2. Order of intestate succession

D. Provisions common to testate and intestate

succession
1. Right of accretion
2. Capacity to succeed by will or by intestacy
3. Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance
4. Partition and distribution of the estate