SUCCESSION 1Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTManilaEN BANCG.R. No. L-770 April 27, 1948ANGEL T. LIMJOCO, petitioner, vs.INTESTATE ESTATE O PE!RO O. RAGRANTE, "#$#%", respondent.Angel Limjoco, Jr. and Delfin L. Gonzales for petitioner.Bienvenido A. Tan for respondent.'ILA!O, J.(Under dateof May 2, !"#, thePublic $erviceCo%%ission,throu&h 'eputy Co%%issioner (idel )ba*e+, rendered its decisionin case No. ",-2 of Pedro .. (ra&ante, as applicant for a certificateof public convenience to install, %aintain and operate an ice plant in$an /uan, Ri+al, 0hereby said co%%ission held that the evidencethereinsho0edthat thepublicinterest andconvenience0ill bepro%otedinaproper andsuitable%anner 1byauthori+in&theoperation and %aintenance of another ice plant of t0o and one2half32245 tons in the %unicipality of $an /uan6 that the ori&inalapplicant Pedro .. (ra&ante 0as a (ilipino Citi+en at the ti%e of hisdeath6 and that his intestate estate is financially capable of%aintainin& the proposed service1. 7he co%%ission, therefore,overruled the opposition filed in the case and ordered 1that undertheprovisionsof section,of Co%%on0ealthAct No. "#, asa%ended a certificate of public convenience be issued to the)ntestate Estate of the deceased Pedro (ra&ante, authori+in& said)ntestate Estate throu&h its $pecial or /udicial Ad%inistrator,appointed by the proper court of co%petent 8urisdiction, to %aintainand operate an ice plant 0ith a daily productive capacity of t0o andone2half 322925 tons in the Municipality of $an /uan and to sell theice produced fro% said plant in the said Municipality of $an /uanand in the Municipality of Mandaluyon&, Ri+al, and in :ue+on City1,sub8ect to the conditions therein set forth in detail 3petitioner;s brief,pp. it is so ad8ud&ed and decreed.'ecision affir%ed, 0ithout costs. $o ordered.Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURTManilaEN BANCG.R. No. L-)0*4 #+r,%r- 27, 19)./IEN0ENI!O A. I/ARLE, plaintiff2appellant, vs.ESPERAN1A M. PO, defendant2appellant.'$irico del "ar for appellant.Daniel (. T$m$la) and onchita *. "iel appellee.TUASON, J.(7his action co%%enced in the Court of (irst )nstance of Cebu toannul a deed of sale conveyin& to the defendant, in consideration ofP,-AA, one undivided half of a parcel of land 0hich previously hadbeensold, alon&0iththeotherhalf, bythesa%evendortotheplaintiff;s &rantors. 8ud&%ent 0as a&ainst the plaintiff.7he case 0as sub%itted for decision upon an a&reed state%ent offacts, thepertinent parts of 0hicharethussu%%ari+edintheappealed decision>st. C 7hat Heonard 8. Finstanley and Catalina Navarro 0erehusbandand 0ife,the for%erhavin&died on /une#,!"#leavin& heir the survivin& spouse and so%e %inor children62nd. C hat upon the death of H./. Finstanley, he left a parcelof land described under 7ransfer Certificate of title No. 2,. 7hat the follo0in& real properties, althou&h re&istered inthe na%e of the above entities, 0ere actually ac@uired byPastor K. Hi% durin& his %arria&e 0ith petitioner, to 0it>C.RP.RA7).N 7)7HE H.CA7).Nb. Hesli% Corp. 7C7No.

. . .#. Plaintiff is the survivin& spouse of the late Pastor K. Hi% 0hodied intestate on /une , !!", but leavin& several properties,real and personal, situated in :ue+on City, Ma=ati City, Ri+alProvince, Has Pi*as, Ealen+uela, Manila, Cavite, Masbate andother parts of the country. O-. 'urin& the e?istence of the %arria&e of plaintiff and Pastor K.Hi%, the latter for%ed, a%on& others, Hesli% Corporation, andheactuallyo0nedthesa%easinfact hehadinhisna%e!,,-AAout of the2A,AAAsharesof theauthori+edcapitalstoc=. 7he re%ainin& shares of stoc=s 0ere listed in the na%eof so%epersons0ho0ereactuallyhisdu%%ies, and0ere%ade to appear as stoc=holders of Hesli% Corporation only forpurposes of re&istration 0ith the $ecurities andE?chan&eCo%%issionO.D. Hesli% Corporation, in turn, is a re&istered o0ner of a certainparcel of land located in 'ili%an, :ue+on City, as evidenced by7C7 No. I7BE H.FER C.UR7 ERRE' )N RUH)NJ 7BA7 7BE PHA)N7)((2APPEHHAN7 )$ N.7 A REAH PAR7K2)N2)N7ERE$7 7. ()HE 7BE 1C.MPHA)N71 BE(.RE 7BE C.UR7 A :U..II7BE H.FER C.UR7 ERRE' )N RUH)NJ 7BA7 )7 BA' N. /UR)$')C7).N .EER 7BE 1C.MPHA)N71 )N C)E)H CA$E N.. :2!,22",DD.III.7BE H.FER C.UR7 ERRE' )N ')$M)$$)NJ 7BE PHA)N7)((2APPEHHAN7N$ 1C.MPHA)NAN71 )N C)E)H CA$E N.. :2!,22",DD.2 Eenancio,Heonila, Antonio and Cecilia, allsurna%ed Medrano.Upon the death of Heocadio on March !, !",, the survivin& heirsa&reed that $i?to should %ana&e and ad%inister the sub8ectproperty.$i?todiedon May -, !-". )t 0as only after his deaththatpetitionersheardru%orsthat $i?tohad, infact, soldsi&nificantportions of the estate of Heocadio. )t appears that on $epte%ber -,!, his0ife, Maria Rosales and their four children> Elias, /ose, Arsenia andRo&elio, all surna%ed Balitaan.,.n /uly 2D, !D!, petitioners and Rosendo Bacon&, for hi%self andasattorney2in2fact of theheirsof MariaBacon&, enteredintoaco%pro%isea&ree%ent tosettlethecasebet0eenthe%.# 7heco%pro%isea&ree%ent, asapprovedbythetrial court, providedthat RosendoBacon&andtheheirsof MariaBacon&a&reedtopayP35 Jertrudes, 0hoisalreadydeadrepresentedbyherchildren 7efesforo, Reynaldo, Re%edios, Alfredo andBelen, all surna%ed A&uirre 2 2i$22#2%"52#ri?25 5o"i&poo8 i38%@or o8 Ti+,r$io/%li5%%3 %3" M%ri% Ro&%l#&.7he above consist of undivided interest, shares and participationsfro%the inheritance or succession to the con8u&al estate ofHeocadio Medrano and E%iliana Narito.(or the children of the second %arria&e their shares in theinheritance fro% the property of Heocadio Medrano are as follo0s>35 7o Eenancio Medrano 2 7his Court has held that the possession of a co2o0ner is li=e that ofatrusteeandshall not bere&ardedasadversetotheotherco2o0ners but in fact as beneficial to all of the%. A$5& >2i$2 7%- +#$o3&i"#r#" %"@#r 5o &5r%3?#r& 7%- 3o5 +# $o3&i"#r#"%"@#ri3&o8%r %&$o-o>3#r&%r#$o3$#r3#". A7#r#&il#35po&&&io3 +- % $o-o>3#r, 2i& r#$#ip5 o8 r#35&, 8r,i5& or pro8i5&8ro7 52# prop#r5-, 52# #r#$5io3 o8 +,il"i3?& %3" 8#3$#& %3" 52#pl%35i3?o8 5r##& 52#r#o3, %3"52#p%-7#35 o8 l%3"5%=#&,$%33o5 r@# %& proo8 o8 #=$l,&i@# o>3#r&2ip, if it is not borneout byclear andconvincin&evidencethat hee?ercisedactsofpossession 0hich une@uivocably constituted an ouster ordeprivation of the ri&hts of the other co2o0ners.7hus, in order that a co2o0ner;s possession %ay be dee%edadverse to the cest$i .$e tr$st or the other co2o0ners, the follo0in&ele%ents%ust concur> ;13#r&A ;2< 52%5 &,$2po&i5i@#%$5&o8r#p,"i%5io3 2%@# +##3 7%"# B3o>3 5o 52# cestui $ue trust or52# o52#r $o-o>3#r&A %3" ;.< 52%5 52# #@i"#3$# 52#r#o3 7,&5 +#$l#%r %3" $o3@i3$i3?.