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A owns a private data center facility. B, a digital services provider, uses A's data center for two weeks to host cloud services for B's clients. There is no written contract or arrangement for payment for the use, and B did not compensate A during or after the two weeks. During those two weeks, B's clients paid B a total of 120,000 pesos for the services enabled by access to A's data center. After the two weeks, A sues B to recover the value of the data center's use under Accion In Rem Verso. (a) Identify the doctrinal basis for the action and describe its essential elements. (b) Distinguish Accion In Rem Verso from an ordinary contract claim and from a tort-based claim. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts and determine whether A may recover, and if so, the measure of damages and any relevant defenses or offsets.