Civil Code Art. 643: Legal Easements

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 643
Topic: Legal Easements
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE VII EASEMENTS OF SERVITUDES
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Legal Easements
Formerly: Art. 558 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

One desiring to make use of the right granted in the preceding article is obliged: (1) To prove that he can dispose of the water and that it is sufficient for the use for which it is intended; (2) To show that the proposed right of way is the most convenient and the least onerous to third persons; (3) To indemnify the owner of the servient estate in the manner determined by the laws and regulations. (558)

Cases applying this article

Hermogena Santos v. Miguel Robledo G.R. No. 9197

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 644 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 645 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 646 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 648 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 637 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 649 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 650 Legal Easements
Civil Code, Art. 651 Legal Easements

Civil Code, Art. 643 is found in CHAPTER 2 Legal Easements of TITLE VII EASEMENTS OF SERVITUDES of BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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