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FACTS:
Respondents assert that the original occupant and possessor land was
their great grandfather, Jose Vitalez, which was given to his son, Pedro
Valdez, in 1930. From then on, Pedro continuously and exclusively occupied
and possessed the said lot. In 1966, after executing an affidavit declaring
possession and occupancy. He also paid taxes for the land.
ISSUE:
HELD:
No.
It is an uncontested fact that the subject land was formed from the
alluvial deposits that have gradually settled along the banks of Cut-cut creek.
This being the case, the law that governs ownership over the accreted
portion is Article 84 of the Spanish Law of Waters of 1866, which remains
in effect, in relation to Article 457 of the Civil Code.