Teresita Racadio v. Spouses Romeo

Summary

This ejectment case involves registered property owners seeking to eject occupants who remained on their land by tolerance. Petitioners occupied land owned by respondents, claiming permission from previous owners. A 1988 ejectment judgment existed but was not enforced, and petitioners were allowed to stay. When respondents acquired the property and demanded vacation, petitioners refused. The Supreme Court affirmed the ejectment order, ruling that respondents could not enforce the old 1988 judgment due to prescription (over 20 years elapsed), making a new ejectment action proper. The Court upheld factual findings that respondents owned the property and had superior rights to possession, while petitioners' occupancy by mere tolerance became unlawful upon demand to vacate and refusal to comply.