Finals Property
Finals Property
Finals Property
I. IV. B. Could Billy close the pathway and refuse C. Over which property should PIolo establish his
Aljur died in… about inheritance and partition Mercy constructed a 2-storey house… windows Jan. 1, 2013, Bong sold a laptop to Kuya Kim PIolo’s passage? right of way?
between Benjie, Charlie and Dindo. Will the action facing and overlooking the adjacent lot of Nicole. which turned out to be stolen from Billy. Feb. Answer:
for partition prosper? Nicole instituted and action for closure of the 2018, when Billy discovered that his laptop was in Answer: Piolo should establish his right of
windows alleging that it violated the law on Kuya Kim’s possession, he filed replevin suit to As a general rule, an easement way at pathway B although it needs improvements
Answer: distance. recover it. Will the ction prosper? holder has a right to do "whatever is reasonably and repairs and seems to be a longer route that
Yes. According to the said law, prior convenient or necessary in order to enjoy fully the pathway A.
to the partition of the estate of the decedent, the Answer: purposes for which the easement was granted," Even assuming that the right of way
property is owned in common by the heirs. A. Can Nicole still compel Mercy for the closure of Yes, the action of Billy will prosper. as long as he or she does not place an being claimed by the respondent is not the
It is clear then that the property left said windows? There is no question that Kuya Kim is a possessor unreasonable burden on the servient land. shortest distance from the dominant estate to the
by a decedent, before the same is partitioned, is in good faith and has acquired it which equates it However in the case at bar, Billy can public highway, it is well-settled that “the criterion
owned in common by the decedent’s heirs. Thus, Answer: into a title. But despite the fact, Billy can still close the pathway and refuse Piolo’s passage. If a of least prejudice to the servient estate must
co-ownership is created. According to the law on No, Nicole cannot compel Mercy for recover the same. servient estate is unduly burdened by an prevail over the criterion of shortest distance
co-ownership, each of the co-owners may at any the closure of the said windows because she He does not need to reimburse Kuya unreasonable use of the easement, the servient although this is a matter of judicial appreciation.
time demand partition of the thing owned in made the demand for the closure after the lapse Kim the purchase price because Kuya Kim has estate holder has several potential legal remedies. In other words, where the easement
common. of the period of ten years from the opening of the not bought the laptop at a public sale. These include court orders restricting the may be established on any of several tenements
window. Her action prescribed already. dominant owner to an appropriate enjoyment of surrounding the dominant estate, the one where
V. the easement, monetary damages when the the way is shortest and will cause the least
A. Did Piolo acquire an easement of right of way? easement holder exceeds the scope of his or her damage should be chosen. If having these two
II. B. Can Mercy prohibit Nicole from erecting any Answer: rights and injures the servient estate, and in some circumstances do not concur in a single tenement,
Susan executed a deed of donation in favor of her structure that will impede her light and view? No, Piolo did not acquire an cases extinguishment of the easement. Likewise, the way which will cause the least damage should
daughter Grace… Advise Grace on whether the easement of right of way because he failed to remedies exist for interference by the servient be used, even if it will not be the shortest.
deed of donation is a donation inter vivos or mortis Answer: prove his claim that it is at the point least owner.
causa and explain the reasons in supporting your No. Mercy cannot prohibit Nicole prejudicial to the servient estate.
advice. from erecting a structure that will impede her light In order to be entitled to a legal easement of right
and view. of way he has to prove the following requisite:
Answer: Although Nicole’s right of closure
I would advise Grace that the deed prescribes, she may legally obstruct the view and (1) the property is surrounded by other
of donation executed by her mother, Susan, in her light by constructing a structure because Mercy immovables and has no adequate outlet to a
favor is a donation mortis causa. has not yet acquired the easement of view, there public highway;
Although the signed acceptance of having been no notarial prohibition. (2) proper indemnity must be paid;
Grace was effectuated while her mother is still (3) the isolation is not the result of the owner of
living, the deed complied with the formalities of a the dominant estate’s own acts;
last will and testament. It provided that it will take (4) the right of way claimed is at the
effect upon the death of Susan and that the right point least prejudicial to the servient estate; and
of disposition remains with her mother while she is (5) the distance from the dominant estate to a
still alive. public highway is the shortest.