Office of the City Mayor of Paranaque v.

Ebio, 621 SCRA 555 (2010)

DOCTRINE:

FACTS:
Mario Ebio and his heirs claim that they are the absolute owners of a
land that is an accretion of cut-cut creek. Ebio secured building permits
for the construction of their house and Pedro executed a notarized
Transfer of Rights.

Officials from the Barangay and City Planning Office proceeded to cut
trees planted on the lot.

ISSUE:
Who is the owner of the lands adjoining cutcut creek and
accreted portion beside

RULING:
➢ It is uncontested fact that the subject land was formed from the
alluvial deposits that have gradually settled along the banks of Cut-
Cut creek. Alluvial deposits along the banks of a creek do not form
part of the public domain as the alluvial property automatically
belongs to the owner of the estate to which it may have been
added.

➢ Alluvial deposits along the banks of a creek do not form part of the
public domain as the alluvial property automatically belongs to the
owner of the estate to which it may have been added.