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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 34192. February 6, 1932. ]

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, applicant, v. DALMACIO ABALOS, ET AL., claimants. HEIRS OF BASILIO REGUYAL, appellants, and PLACIDO CABILES ET AL., Appellees.

[G.R. No. 34193. February 6, 1932. ]

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, applicant, v. PEDRO ABAD ET AL., claimants. HEIRS OF BASILIO REGUYAL, appellants, and GREGORIO ALVARADO ET AL., Appellees.

R. Monserrat, for Appellants.

Bernabe de Guzman, for Appellees.

SYLLABUS


1. PRESCRIPTION; ADVERSE POSSESSION OF LAND; EXCEPTION IN FAVOR OF MINOR; RIGHT ACCRUING DURING LIFE OF MINOR. — Before the statutory saving in favor of a minor can be effective, it must appear that the right of action originated in the life of such minor. Adverse possession beginning during the life of the ancestor will be effective against his infant heirs.

2. EQUITY; INNOCENT PURCHASER FOR VALUE; WHEN TITLE EFFECTIVE AGAINST OWNERS NOT HOLDING DOCUMENTARY TITLE. — Where various co
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