Civil Code Art. 430: Ownership in General

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 430
Topic: Ownership in General
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE II OWNERSHIP
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 Ownership in General
Formerly: Art. 388 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Every owner may enclose or fence his land or tenements by means of walls, ditches, live or dead hedges, or by any other means without detriment to servitudes constituted thereon. (388)

Cases applying this article

Spouses Abraham v. Golden Village Homeowners Association G.R. No. 180808
Aneco Realty v. Landex Development Corporation G.R. No. 165952

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