This document discusses the concept of "just title" under Article 1129 of the law on natural obligations/estoppel/trusts/prescriptions. Just title means that the possessor obtained the property through a legal mode of acquisition like purchase, but the grantor was not actually the owner or able to transmit ownership rights. Possession with just title can ripen into legal ownership through prescription if the other requirements are also met, even if the initial grantor did not have the power to transfer ownership. The document provides an example to illustrate the definition and requirements of just title for the purpose of acquiring ownership through prescription under the law.
This document discusses the concept of "just title" under Article 1129 of the law on natural obligations/estoppel/trusts/prescriptions. Just title means that the possessor obtained the property through a legal mode of acquisition like purchase, but the grantor was not actually the owner or able to transmit ownership rights. Possession with just title can ripen into legal ownership through prescription if the other requirements are also met, even if the initial grantor did not have the power to transfer ownership. The document provides an example to illustrate the definition and requirements of just title for the purpose of acquiring ownership through prescription under the law.
This document discusses the concept of "just title" under Article 1129 of the law on natural obligations/estoppel/trusts/prescriptions. Just title means that the possessor obtained the property through a legal mode of acquisition like purchase, but the grantor was not actually the owner or able to transmit ownership rights. Possession with just title can ripen into legal ownership through prescription if the other requirements are also met, even if the initial grantor did not have the power to transfer ownership. The document provides an example to illustrate the definition and requirements of just title for the purpose of acquiring ownership through prescription under the law.
ARTICLE 1129 For the purposes of prescription, there is just title when the adverse claimant came into possession of the property through one of the modes recognized by law for the acquisition of ownership or other real rights, but the grantor was not the owner or could not transmit any right. WHAT IS MEANT BY “JUST TITLE”? Just title means that the possessor obtained the possession of the property through one of the modes recognized by law for acquiring ownership (as enumerated under Article 712) but the transferor or grantor was not the owner of the property or he has no power to transmit the right (Article 1129). The just title is intended to transmit ownership and could have actually transmitted ownership had the transferor or grantor been the true owner of the property. This kind of possession arising from a just title can ripen into ownership if the other elements of prescription are present. Thank You! Presentation by Czarina Salazar