Civil Code Art. 656: Legal Easements

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 656
Topic: Legal Easements
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE VII EASEMENTS OF SERVITUDES
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Legal Easements
Formerly: Art. 569a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

If it be indispensable for the construction, repair, improvement, alteration or beautification of a building, to carry materials through the estate of another, or to raise therein scaffolding or other objects necessary for the work, the owner of such estate shall be obliged to permit the act, after receiving payment of the proper indemnity for the damage caused him. (569a)

Cases applying this article

Ama Land v. Wack Wack Residents' Association G.R. No. 202342

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