Vicente Gomez Garcia v. Jacinta Hipolito

Summary

Property ownership dispute where both parties claimed title through adverse possession. Plaintiffs alleged defendants held property under rental agreement but obtained possessory title in 1901. Defendants proved continuous possession for over 30 years. Supreme Court held plaintiffs' possessory title was invalid because they were not in actual possession when obtained, with defendants holding under adverse claim. Court found no evidence of rental agreement between parties. Applied Civil Code article 1959 on prescription and Mortgage Law provisions on possessory titles. Affirmed trial court decision favoring defendants based on their proven 30+ years of uninterrupted adverse possession, establishing ownership through prescription.