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EDCA Publishing & Distributing Corp. vs. Leonor Santos, et al.

EDCA PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTING CORP., petitioner, vs. THE SPOUSES LEONOR and GERARDO SANTOS, doing business under the name and style of "SANTOS BOOKSTORE," and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 80298 | 1990-04-26

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The case before us calls for the interpretation of Article 559 of the Civil Code and raises the particular question of when a person may be deemed to have been "unlawfully deprived" of movable property in the hands of another. The article runs in full as follows:

ART. 559. The possession of movable property acquired in good faith is equivalent to a title. Nevertheless, one who has lost any movable or has been unlawfully deprived thereof, may recover it from the person in possession of the same.

If the possessor of a movable lost or of which the owner has been unlawfully deprived has acquired it in good faith...