Civil Code Art. 1620: Extinguishment of Sale

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1620
Topic: Extinguishment of Sale
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VI SALES
Chapter: CHAPTER 7 Extinguishment of Sale
Formerly: Art. 1522a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

A co-owner of a thing may exercise the right of redemption in case the shares of all the other co-owners or of any of them, are sold to a third person. If the price of the alienation is grossly excessive, the redemptioner shall pay only a reasonable one. Should two or more co-owners desire to exercise the right of redemption, they may only do so in proportion to the share they may respectively have in the thing owned in common. (1522a)

Cases applying this article

Oscar C. Fernandez v. Spouses Carlos G.R. No. 143868
Marina Z. Reyes v. The Honorable Alfredo B. Concepcion G.R. No. 56550
Teodoro Rabago Baltazar v. Rolando V. Miguel G.R. No. 239859
Reynaldo A. Nidoy, Sr. v. Spouses Rolando Hipolito G.R. No. 185391
Virginia Y. Gochan v. Charles Mancao G.R. No. 182314

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