SPOUSES DEL CAMPO V. OBESIA

160 SCRA 379

 

FACTS:

An  action  of  partition  was  filed  by  the  plaintiffs.    Together  with  the defendants,  they  were  owners  pro-indiviso  of  a  parcel  of  land.    In  the survey conducted by the trial court it was found that the defendant’s house encroached on the lot of plaintiff.   
 

HELD:

When a co-ownership is terminated by the partition and it was found that the  house  of  defendants  overlaps  a  portion  of  land  of  plaintiffs,  which defendants built in good faith, Article 448 can still be applied.