Civil Code Art. 1436: ESTOPPEL

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1436
Topic: ESTOPPEL
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE IV ESTOPPEL
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

A lessee or a bailee is estopped from asserting title to the thing leased or received, as against the lessor or bailor.

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A tenant who leases a thing, or someone who receives a thing for safekeeping, cannot later claim to own that thing as against the person who leased or entrusted it to them. Having accepted possession from that owner, they are barred from disputing that owner's title.

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Cases applying this article

Maria Luisa Morales v. Abner de Guia G.R. No. 247367
Viegely Samelo v. Manotok Services G.R. No. 170509
Rosita G. Tan v. Tan G.R. No. 125861
Romeo Julag-Ay v. The Estate of Felimon Buenaventura, Sr. G.R. No. 149788

Related provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1436 is found in TITLE IV ESTOPPEL of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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