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Practice question: Disputable Presumptions

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Practice question

A litigant possesses a machine but undisputed records establish that it was borrowed under a lease from another owner. He invokes the ordinary possession-ownership presumption as conclusive ownership. Which is correct?
  1. The established contrary basis of possession can rebut the disputable ownership inference
  2. Possession conclusively transfers title in every case
  3. A lease automatically becomes a sale without terms
  4. No evidence may explain possession
  5. Only the machine’s color determines ownership

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

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