Civil Code Art. 458: Right of Accession

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 458
Topic: Right of Accession GENERAL PROVISIONS
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE II OWNERSHIP
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Right of Accession GENERAL PROVISIONS
Formerly: Art. 367 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The owners of estates adjoining ponds or lagoons do not acquire the land left dry by the natural decrease of the waters, or lose that inundated by them in extraordinary floods. (367)

Cases applying this article

Frederic de Backer v. Juana F. Shermer Joined By Her Husband Raymond Shermer G.R. No. 243834

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