Practice question
A floating dock is designed and intended to remain at a fixed place on a coast. Does floating alone necessarily exclude it from immovable property?
- No, Article 415(9) expressly includes floating structures intended by nature and object to remain at a fixed place
- Yes, every floating object must be movable
- Yes, fixed-place intention never matters
- Yes, only solid ground can be property
- No, because every boat is automatically land
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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