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Republic Vs CA 146 Scra 15
Republic Vs CA 146 Scra 15
The occupancy of the U.S. Navy was not in the concept of owner. It
holds of the character of a commodatum. It cannot affect the title of
Domingo Baloy. One's ownership of a thing may be lost by prescription
by reason of another's possession if such possession be under claim of
ownership, not where the possession is only intended to be temporary,
as in the case of the U.S. Navy's occupation of the land concerned, in
which case the owner is not divested of his title, although it cannot be
exercised in the meantime.