- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 434
- Topic
- Ownership in General
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE II OWNERSHIP
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 1 Ownership in General
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
In an action to recover, the property must be identified, and the plaintiff must rely on the strength of his title and not on the weakness of the defendant's claim. (n)
Cases applying this article
- Spouses Elegio Cañezo v. Spouses Apolinario G.R. No. 170189
- Crispulo Sideco v. Francisco Pascua G.R. No. 4937
- The United States v. Elsida Rapiñan G.R. No. 503
- Antonia Prepose v. Benedict Querrer G.R. No. 232594
- Patricio G. Gemina v. Heirs of Gerardo V. Espejo, Jr. G.R. No. 232682
- Gaudencia Mercado Cumpio v. Tomas Molina G.R. No. 226090
- Joel Monteroso v. Antonio Morado G.R. No. 247534
- Paz Gesultura Jackson v. Elesio Cabatingan G.R. No. 231095
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.
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