Practice question
A factory owner also owns its land and installs removable machinery for the factory’s industry, directly meeting that industry’s needs. The dispute concerns Civil Code classification and no contrary special rule applies. Which analysis fits Article 415(5)?
- Only permanent physical destruction can ever make machinery immovable
- The owner-placement, industrial destination and direct-needs conditions support immovability by destination
- Every industrial machine is necessarily movable
- Only the machinery’s color matters
- The law applies only to household furniture
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 415
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1935/aug1935/gr_40411_1935.html — Davao Saw Mill Co. v. Castillo, G.R. No. 40411, August 7, 1935
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_166102_2015.html — Manila Electric Company v. City Assessor of Lucena City, G.R. No. 166102, August 5, 2015
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