- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 487
- Topic
- CO-OWNERSHIP
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE III CO-OWNERSHIP
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Any one of the co-owners may bring an action in ejectment. (n)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Any single co-owner, acting alone, may file an ejectment suit to recover commonly owned property from someone withholding or intruding on it, without having to join the other co-owners as parties to the case.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Intellegal Wiki · How the courts apply it
In Nieves Plasabas v. Court of Appeals (Special Former Ninth Division), the Supreme Court held: Any one co-owner may bring an action to recover the co-owned property for the benefit of all (Article 487) without joining the other co-owners; non-joinder is not a ground for dismissal.
One leading Supreme Court case applying this provision.
Cases applying this article
- Lourdes C. Fernandez v. Norma Villegas
- Mark Anthony Esteban (In Substitution of the Deceased Gabriel O. Esteban) v. Spouses Rodrigo C. Marcelo
- Rey Castigador Catedrilla v. Mario
- Leo Wee v. George de Castro (On His Behalf
- Arcadio v. Heirs of Quirino A. de Guzman
- Spouses Reynaldo Alcaraz v. Pedro M. Tangga-An
- Jose L. Rivera v. Maximo Trinidad
- John Cary Tumagan v. Mariam K. Kairuz
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.