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Valeriana Villondo Vs. Carmen Quijano, et al., 686 SCRA 694

VALERIANA VILLONDO, Petitioner, versus CARMEN QULIANO, ARDIANO ALCANTARA, and MARCELINO EBENA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 173606 | 2012-12-03

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

"In giving recognition to the action of forcible entry and detainer[,] the purpose of the law is to prtotect the person who in fact has actual possession; and in case of controverted right, it is requires the parties to preserve the status quo until one or the other of them sees fit to invoke the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction upon the question of ownership. It is obviously just the person who has first acquired possession [who] should remain in possession pending this decision xxx.

In a legal battle for forcible entry, two parties assert their alledged right to possess a 2.66- hectare...