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Facts: A owns a private warehouse used by B, a courier company, for a two-week period to store goods for B’s clients. There is no written contract or arrangement for compensation for the use of the warehouse, and A did not demand compensation during or after the period. During those two weeks, B’s clients paid B a total of 90,000 pesos for storage services enabled by B’s access to A’s warehouse. After the two weeks, A sues B to recover the value of the warehouse’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.