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VIEGELY SAMELO v. MANOTOK SERVICES

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	GR No. 189061 2014-08-06	MIDWAY MARITIME v. MARISSA E. CASTRO REYES, J.
It is settled that "[o]nce a contact of lease is shown to exist between the parties, the lessee cannot by any proof, however strong, overturn the conclusive presumption that the lessor has a valid title to or a better right of possession to the subject premises than the lessee."[14] Section 2(b), Rule 131 of the Rules of Court prohibits a tenant from denying the title of his landlord at the time of the commencement of the relation of landlord and tenant between them.[15] In Santos v. National Statistics Office,[16] the Court expounded on the rule on estoppel against a tenant and further clarified that what a tenant is estopped from denying is the title of his landlord at the time of the commencement of the landlord-tenant relation. If the title asserted is one that is alleged to have been acquired subsequent to the commencement of that relation, the presumption will not apply.[17]
	GR No. 194538 2013-11-27	MORETO MIRALLOSA v. CARMEL DEVELOPMENT SERENO, C.J.
An action for unlawful detainer exists when a person unlawfully withholds possession of any land or building against or from a lessor, vendor, vendee or other persons, after the expiration or termination of the right to hold possession by virtue of any contract, express or implied.[46] Here, possession by a party was originally legal, as it was permitted by the other party on account of an express or implied contract between them.[47] However, the possession became illegal when the other party demanded that the possessor vacate the subject property because of the expiration or termination of the right to possess under the contract, and the possessor refused to heed the demand.[48]
	GR No. 192893 2013-06-05	MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY v. HEIRS OF SPS. DIONISIO DELOY AND PRAXEDES MARTONITO MENDOZA, J.
Unlawful detainer is an action to recover possession of real property from one who illegally withholds possession after the expiration or termination of his right to hold possession under any contract, express or implied. The possession of the defendant in unlawful detainer is originally legal but became illegal due to the expiration or termination of the right to possess.[18] The only issue to be resolved in an unlawful detainer case is physical or material possession of the property involved, independent of any claim of ownership by any of the parties involved.[19]