Civil Code Art. 543: Effects of Possession

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 543
Topic: Effects of Possession
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE V POSSESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Effects of Possession
Formerly: Art. 450a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Each one of the participants of a thing possessed in common shall be deemed to have exclusively possessed the part which may be allotted to him upon the division thereof, for the entire period during which the co-possession lasted. Interruption in the possession of the whole or a part of a thing possessed in common shall be to the prejudice of all the possessors. However, in case of civil interruption, the Rules of Court shall apply. (450a)

Cases applying this article

Rodolfo Eusebio v. Intermediate Appellate Court G.R. No. 72188

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