CASE#3 REX DACLI SON vsEDUARD RDO BAYTI ON Apr i l6,2016;J.Mendoz a
ai ntf orForci bl eEnt ry OnJanuary27,2009,r es pondentBayt i onfil edacompl and Dam ma ageswi t h Pr ayerf orI ss uanceofPr el i mi nar yMandatoryI nj unct i on wi t h MeTC Quez on Ci t yagai nstpet i t i onerDacl i son.Respondental l egest hathewasa coo wne ro fapa r c e lo fl a ndc o ns i s t i ngo f1, 500s q . m.Thi spr o pe r t ywa si nhe r i t e dbyhi m andhi ssi bl i ngsf r om t hei rpar ent s,andasagreedupon,i twast obeadmi ni st er edby hi m.Asadmi ni s t r at o r ,hel e a s e d po r t i o nsoft hepr o pe r t yt ot hi r dpe r s o ns .Er e c t e do n t hepr o pe r t ywa wa sao nes t o r ybui l di ngdi v i de di nt os e v e nuni t sors t a l l s .Ones t a l lwa s occ upi ed by Leoni da Del a Cr uzwho use di tf orsel l i ng r ocks,pebbl esand si mi l ar c o ns t r uc t i o nmat e r i al s . ACCORDI NG TO BAYTI ON:I nMay2008,Leoni da’ sl eas eexpi r ed.Dacl i sont ook possessi onoft heport i onl easedandoccupi edbyLeoni dawi wi t houtt hepri orknowl edge andconsentofBayt i on.Dacl i son usedi tf orhi sbusi nessofsel l i ngma marbl eandot her fini shi ng mat er i al s wi t houtpayi ng anyt hi ng t o Bayt i on.Upon l earni ng oft hi sf act , some met i mei n June2008,Bayt i on dema manded Dacl i son t o vacat ei t .Or aland wr i t t en dema mands t o vac at e wer e gi ve n. Dacl i son r ef use d pr omp mpt i ng Bayt i on t o fil et he aboveme ment i onedcomp mpl ai nt . ACCORDI NG TO DACLI SON:Bayt i onl ease dt hesubj ec tpor t i ont oAnt oni oDel a Cruz( some met i mei n 1978)wher et hel at t ers t art ed abusi ness.10 or15 yearsl at er ,a i prap s t o newa wal l i ngcal l e dar ,wase r e c t e datt hec r e e kl y i ngbe s i deBa yt i o n’ spr o pe r t y , l eavi ngadeepdownsl opi ngarea;andt hatAnt oni onegot i at edwi t han engi neersohe c o ul dbei npo s s e s si o no ft hesai ddo wns l o pe ;a ndt ha tAnt o ni oha di tfil l e dupunt i li t wasl ev el e d wi t ht hel eas epor t i on and hepai df ort her i ghtt oposses st hesame .I n 2000,Leoni da t ook ov ert hebusi nes sbec auseAnt oni o had a st r oke.Er nani eDe Del a Cr uzt ook ove rwhen Leoni da di ed.I n Febr uary2008,Dacl i son and Er nani eent er ed i nt oabusi nessv ent ur et oget her .Dacl i son t ookovert hema manageme mentoft hebusi ness. Bayt i on sentLet t er st ovacat eaddr esse dt oEr nani e.Bayt i on andEr nani ecame met oan agr eeme mentt hatt hel at t erwoul d cont i nuet ol easet hepr oper t y and i ssued a check P100, 000t her ef ore .Af t ert woweeks,Bayt i onr et ur nedt hec heckandpr omi mi sedt hathe woul d no l onge rbot he rt he m i ft he ywoul dj us tt r ans f e rt ot hefil l e d up and pl anel ev el l ed pr oper t y .On accountoft hatpr omi mi se,Er nani evacat ed t hel eased are a and t r a ns f e r r e dt he i rbus i ne s st ot he fil l e d up po r t i o n.Ba y t i o n,ho we v er ,s t i l lfil e da comp mpl ai nti nt hebar angayandev ent ual l y ,i nt heMe MeTC.TheMe MeTC di smi mi ssedBayt i on’ s pe t i t i o nf o rf ai l i ngt oi nc l udehi ss i bl i ng so rhi sc oo wn wne r saspl ai nt i ffsi nt hec as e . Bot ht heRTC andt heC. A.r ul edi nf avorofr espondent . WH WHETHER RESPONDENT BAYTI ON HASA BETTER RI GHT AGAI NST PETI TI ONER DACLI SON ON THE SUBJECT PROP OPERTY I . E. THE FI LLED UP PORT RTI ON
BETWE WEEN THE RI PRAP CONSTRUCTED BY THE GOVERNME MENT AND THE LEASED PROP OPERTY ON ON THE HE GROUND OF ACCRETI ON? No.Bayt i on does nothave a bet t erri ghtovert he cont est ed port i on.Bayt i on’ s cont ent i on t hat he owns t hat port i on by r eas on of acc r e t i on i s mi spl ace d. As equi si tes c o nt e mp mpl a t e di nAr t i c l e457o ft heNCC,t hef o l l o wi ngr mu mus tconcuri nor der f o rac c r e t i o nt obec ons i de r e d ,name l y : ( 1)Thatt hedeposi tbegr adualandi mper cept i bl e; ( 2)Thati tbema madet hr ought heeffect soft hecur r entoft hewat er ;and ( 3)Tha tt hel a ndwhe r ea c cr e t i o nt a ke spl a c ei sadj ac e ntt ot heba nkso ft heri v e r s . Ther ei snoaccr e t i on her e .T obegi n wi t h,t hel andcameaboutnotbyr eason ofa gr adualandi mper cept i bl edeposi t .Thedeposi t swer eart i fici alandmanmadeandnot on t hee xc l us i v er e sul to ft hec ur r e ntf r o m t hec r e e ka dj a c entt o hi spr o pe r t y .Bayti f ai l ed t opr ovetheatt endanceoft hei ndi spensabl erequi r em me entt hatt hedeposi t wasduet ot heeffectoft hecur r entoft her i verorcr eek A .Al l uvi on mus tbet he excl usi vewor k ofnat ur eand notasares ul tofhuman i nt er vent i on. Ar t .445 of t heNCC al sousest hewo wor d“ t her eon”( seepr ovi si on) :whi ch i ssi mpl ydefinedas“ on T mpr ovementmus tbe made, t het hi ng t hathasbee n ment i oned” . he supposed i cons t r uct ed,ori nt r oduced wi t hi n oron t he propert y and notout si de soas t o qual i f y asan i mproveme mentcont emp mpl at ed by l aw.Bayt i on i snott heown wneroft he cont est ed port i on,t her ef or ehedoesnothavea bet t err i ghtt opossesst hesame.He doesnothaveacauseofact i onagai nstDacl i son. Pe t i t i o n Gr a nt e d
