Civil Code Art. 580: Rights of the Usufructuary

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 580
Topic: Rights of the Usufructuary
Status: In force
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE VI USUFRUCT
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Rights of the Usufructuary
Formerly: Art. 488 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: A Supreme Court decision

The provision

The usufructuary may set off the improvements he may have made on the property against any damage to the same. (488)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A usufructuary — someone with the right to use and enjoy another's property — may offset the value of improvements they made against any damage they caused to that property. This lets the two amounts cancel out, so the usufructuary is not separately charged for damage covered by the value they added.

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Cases applying this article

Philippine Trust Company v. Smith Navigation Company G.R. No. 44058

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 579 Rights of the Usufructuary
Civil Code, Art. 581 Rights of the Usufructuary
Civil Code, Art. 582 Rights of the Usufructuary
Civil Code, Art. 573 Rights of the Usufructuary
Civil Code, Art. 572 Rights of the Usufructuary
Civil Code, Art. 568 Rights of the Usufructuary

Civil Code, Art. 580 is found in CHAPTER 2 Rights of the Usufructuary of TITLE VI USUFRUCT of BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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