Trucharte v. Figueroa
Trucharte v. Figueroa
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an injunction to recover possession of part of a piece of land by virtue of law No. 43, approved March 13, 1913. The theory of the complaint seems to be that Pablo Trucharte was administrator or manager of some property belonging to his principals, Adelaida Olivieri, Evaristo Frei-ría and Luis Muñoz Morales, the property being described in the complaint. The complaint further sets np that the defendant violently entered the portion of the land which was being administered by the complainant and put np a fence around it and deprived him of the possession of the said part which the said complainant had cleaned np' and put in condition a month before and sown with coffee and bananas.
The court found in favor of the defendant. The proof shows that tlie land in question was in possession of and
“See. 446. — Acts merely tolerated and those clandestinely executed, without the knowledge of the possessor of a thing, or with violence, do not affect possession.”
The court also cites Manresa, Commentaries on the Civil Code, vol. 4, p. 209, and vol. 8, p. 379 et seq., to the effect that the tenant whose acts have been merely tolerated cannot avail himself of the interdicts, and that some reasonable. time must ellipse before a person could be considered in possession. This seems to us a sound doctrine.
The appellant in turn cites Manresa, vol 4, pages 213, 214 and 233, all commentaries on the equivalent of section 446.of the Civil Code, and 6 Manresa Commentaries, Code Civil Procedure, 136, 141. To our minds, however, the reasoning of Manresa militates with the theory of the appellant. We think that he was recognizing the right of violent possessors against third persons, but not as against the person who had a present right to enter. On page 214 he points out this distinction expressly and says that the law in the case of entry by a person who has a right of possession cannot be considered a perturbation against one who possesses violently.-
The judgment must be
Affirmed.
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