Civil Code Art. 1434: ESTOPPEL

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1434
Topic: ESTOPPEL
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE IV ESTOPPEL
Year: 1949

The provision

When a person who is not the owner of a thing sells or alienates and delivers it, and later the seller or grantor acquires title thereto, such title passes by operation of law to the buyer or grantee.

Cases applying this article

Heirs of Salvador Hermosilla v. Spouses Jaime Remoquillo G.R. No. 167320

Related provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1434 is found in TITLE IV ESTOPPEL of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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