Practice question
A valid title has established a right to direct views over adjoining land. The servient owner argues the ordinary two-meter opening rule always permits construction two meters away notwithstanding Article 673. Which is correct?
- Article 673 imposes the stated three-meter building restriction where the qualifying right has been acquired
- Every acquired title is irrelevant
- The neighbor may always build directly against the opening
- Only the ordinary rule can ever apply
- The title creates ownership of the whole neighboring estate
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles617,631,639-647,652-657,658-673 and688-693: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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