Module 1 Property Lecture Notes
Module 1 Property Lecture Notes
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Law on Property
LECTURE NOTES MODULES
Preliminary Notes:
A. Coverage- Book II and Book III specifically from Article 414 to Article 1115
(exclude Law on Succession) of the New Civil Code of the Philippines.
• Identity of the parties (Focus on the principal parties as stated in the title of the case)
• Factual Antecedents (What are the facts of the case which resulted into legal
controversy between the parties?)
• Issues (What were the legal or factual issues considered by the court with respect to the
Law on Property only?)
• Theories of the parties (What legal doctrine or theory under the Law on Property did
the parties anchor their respective claims?)
• Ruling. (Whose argument prevails and what was the justification that supports the
decision of the court).
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d. Importance of classification.
Cases:
i. Serg’s Products Inc. and Sergio T. Goquiolay vs. PCI Leasing and
Finance, Inc., G.R. 137705, August 22, 2000.
iii. Meralco Securities Industrial Corp. vs. CBAA, 114 SCRA 261 (1982).
iv. Manila Electric Company vs. The City Treasurer and City Assessor of
Lucena City, G.R. No. 166102, August 5, 2015.
Case:
ii. Provincial Assessor of Agusan del Sur vs. Filipinas Palm Oil
Plantation, Inc., G.R. No. 183416, October 5, 2016.
Ruling: Road equipment and haulers actually used for palm oil
production are real properties subject to realty taxes.
i. FELS Energy, Inc vs. The Province of Batangas, etc., G.R. No. 168507,
February 16, 2007.
Ruling: Power barges moored and fixed in a wharf for use in the
supply of electricity, though floating, is a real property.
Case:
i. HPS Software and Communication Corp., et. al. vs. PLDT, et. al., G.R. No.
170217, December 10, 2012.
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