Civil Code Art. 707: NUISANCE

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 707
Topic: NUISANCE
Status: In force
Book: BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title: TITLE VIII NUISANCE
Year: 1949

The provision

A private person or a public official extrajudicially abating a nuisance shall be liable for damages: (1) If he causes unnecessary injury; or (2) If an alleged nuisance is later declared by the courts to be not a real nuisance.

Civil Code, Art. 707 is found in TITLE VIII NUISANCE of BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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