Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                

Replevin: (Sections 1-2, Rule 60, Rules of Court)

Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 10

Replevin

(Sections 1-2, Rule 60, Rules of Court)


Section 1
• A party praying for the recovery of possession of personal property
may, at the commencement of the action or at any time before
answer, apply for an order for the delivery of such property to him, in
the manner hereinafter provided
Party who may avail
• Plaintiff – where the complaint prays for the recovery of possession of
personal property
• Defendant – where there is counterclaim set out in the answer for the
recovery of personal property
Subject matter
• Applicable only to personal property
• “Personal property” means any specific personal property unlawfully
taken or detained from the person entitled to its possession
• The property must be:
(Machinery Engineering Supply v. CA, 96 Phil 70)
• Capable of identification and delivery
• Not a real property or incorporeal one
Ownership or possession?
• Possession will suffice! For as long as the applicant can prove to the
court his entitlement to the possession of such personal property, he
may avail of this remedy (Yang v. Valdez, 177 SCRA 141)
Section 2
• The applicant must show by his own affidavit or that of some other
person who personally knows the facts:
• (a) That the applicant is the owner of the property claimed, particularly
describing it, or is entitled to the possession thereof;
• (b) That the property is wrongfully detained by the adverse party, alleging
the cause of detention thereof according to the best of his knowledge,
information, and belief;
• (c) That the property has not been distrained or taken for a tax assessment or
a fine pursuant to law, or seized under a writ of execution or preliminary
attachment, or otherwise placed under custodia legis, or if so seized, that it is
exempt from such seizure or custody; and
• (d)The actual market value of the property.
Section 2
• The applicant must also give a bond, executed to the adverse party in double the
value of the property as stated in the affidavit aforementioned, for the return of
the property to the adverse party if such return be adjudged, and for the
payment to the adverse party of such sum as he may recover from the applicant
in the action.
What type of compliance is needed?
• Substantial compliance to Section 2 will suffice! Even if there is failure
to state those facts enumerated herein in an affidavit, if the complaint
itself contains every statement or fact required herein and the
complaint is verified, this will be sufficient compliance to the rule
(Citibank v. CA, 304 SCRA 679)
Bond
• Must be in amount double the value of the property as stated in the
affidavit of the applicant or person who personally knows the facts
• Sufficient
• Answers only for the return of the property to the adverse party
when such return is adjudged in his favor, and payment to him of such
sum as he may recover from the applicant in the action
Compare: what is a redelivery bond?
• A redelivery bond is a bond filed by the adverse party when he
objects to the sufficiency of the bond posted by the applicant (Yang v.
Valdez, 177 SCRA 141)

You might also like