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Siari vs. Lucasan (Digest) PDF
Siari vs. Lucasan (Digest) PDF
Siari Valley Estates vs Filemon Lucasan, G.R. No. L-7046, 31 August 1955, 97 Phil 987 - Documents
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Siari Valley Estates vs Filemon Lucasan, G.R. No. L-7046, 31 August 1955, 97 Phil 987 - Documents
each owner shall acquire a right proportional to the part belonging to him, bearing in mind the
value of the things mixed or confused. (381)
Art. 473 - If by the will of only one owner, but in good faith, two things of the same or different
kinds are mixed or confused, the rights of the owners shall be determined by the provisions of
the preceding article. If the one who caused the mixture or confusion acted in bad faith, he
shall lose the thing belonging to him thus mixed or confused, besides being obliged to pay
indemnity for the damages caused to the owner of the other thing with which his own was
mixed. (382)
Held by the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court denied Lucasan's appeal and affirmed CFI
Zamboanga's decision that held him guilty of appropriating or retaining Siari Valley's Cattle and its
offspring. The Supreme Court also applied Article 473 of the New Civil Code in the present case and it
held that Lucasan acted in bad faith:
Lucasan's cowboys and even his sons Rafael and Vicente rounded up and drove Siari Valley's
cattle into his pasture. He knew that he had the plaintiff's cattle, but refused to return them
despite plaintiff's demands. He even threatened Siari Valley's men when it tried to retrieve the
animals. He harassed them with false prosecutions for their attempts to get the said animals
back. He would not allow plaintiff' s cowboys to get into his pasture to identify its flock. Lastly,
he rebranded several Siari Valley cattle with his own brand and sold those cattle without
registering the sales. Also, after some cattle impounded were entrusted to his custody as
trustee, he disposed of not less than 5 head of cattle among those he received as such trustee.
He disposed of much more cattle than he had a right to.
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