Civil Code Art. 1555: Obligations of the Vendor

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1555
Topic: Obligations of the Vendor
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VI SALES
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Obligations of the Vendor
Formerly: Art. 1478 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

When the warranty has been agreed upon or nothing has been stipulated on this point, in case eviction occurs, the vendee shall have the right to demand of the vendor: (1) The return of the value which the thing sold had at the time of the eviction, be it greater or less than the price of the sale; (2) The income or fruits, if he has been ordered to deliver them to the party who won the suit against him; (3) The costs of the suit which caused the eviction, and, in a proper case, those of the suit brought against the vendor for the warranty; (4) The expenses of the contract, if the vendee has paid them; (5) The damages and interests, and ornamental expenses, if the sale was made in bad faith. (1478)

Cases applying this article

The Philippine Sugar Estates Development Company v. Antonio Iribar G.R. No. 2121

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1554 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1556 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1560 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1561 Obligations of the Vendor

Civil Code, Art. 1555 is found in CHAPTER 4 Obligations of the Vendor of TITLE VI SALES of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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