Dear PAO,

For 40 years, we tenanted a parcel of land before buying it from the owner. Then, we allowed a neighbor to till the land on the condition that he would vacate it at any time. When the time came that we needed the lot, we demanded that he vacate, but he refused, alleging ownership thereof based on an adverse claim carried over from the previous title. Without questioning our ownership over the subject lot or our prior possession of it, he told us that our plan to file an ejectment case would not prosper because his subsequent possession is also based on the color of the title. Is he correct? What needs to be proved in an unlawful detainer case based on tolerance?

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