Practice question
A tenant invokes an allegedly superior ownership existing decades before the lease began, but says he discovered it only this year. Under Laqui, does discovery alone avoid commencement-of-tenancy estoppel?
- No; it remains an attack on the landlord’s title at commencement
- Yes; recent discovery is automatically subsequent conveyance
- Yes; an older title is always a later change
- Only the tenant’s surprise matters
- Only the date counsel was hired matters
Legal references
- AM19-08-15-SC, current Rule130 Section54; Rule131 Sections1–3,5–6; Rule133 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
- Laqui v Sagun, GR271967, November4,2024, MAIN opinion, tenant estoppel and genuine subsequent change of title: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/nov2024/gr_271967_2024.html
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