Civil Code Art. 1548: Obligations of the Vendor

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1548
Topic: Obligations of the Vendor
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VI SALES
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Obligations of the Vendor
Formerly: Art. 1475a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Eviction shall take place whenever by a final judgment based on a right prior to the sale or an act imputable to the vendor, the vendee is deprived of the whole or of a part of the thing purchased. The vendor shall answer for the eviction even though nothing has been said in the contract on the subject. The contracting parties, however, may increase, diminish, or suppress this legal obligation of the vendor. (1475a)

Cases applying this article

Heirs of Sofia Quirong v. Development Bank of the Philippines G.R. No. 173441

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