- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 637
- Topic
- Legal Easements
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE VII EASEMENTS OF SERVITUDES
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Legal Easements
- Formerly
- Art. 552 of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Lower estates are obliged to receive the waters which naturally and without the intervention of man descend from the higher estates, as well as the stones or earth which they carry with them. The owner of the lower estate cannot construct works which will impede this easement; neither can the owner of the higher estate make works which will increase the burden. (552)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Lower land must accept the water, stones, and earth that naturally flow down from higher land without any human intervention. The lower owner cannot build works that block this natural drainage, and the higher owner cannot make works that increase the burden imposed on the land below.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Ermino v. Golden Village G.R. No. 180808
- Sps. Fernando Vergara v. Erlinda Torrecampo Sonkin G.R. No. 193659