Page 180 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 537. Acts merely tolerated, and those

executed clandestinely and without the

knowledge of the possessor of a thing, or by

violence, do not affect possession. (444)

Article 538. Possession as a fact cannot be

recognized at the same time in two different

personalities except in the cases of co-

possession. Should a question arise regarding

the fact of possession, the present possessor

shall be preferred; if there are two possessors,

the one longer in possession; if the dates of the

possession are the same, the one who presents

a title; and if all these conditions are equal, the

thing shall be placed in judicial deposit pending

determination of its possession or ownership

through proper proceedings