Practice question
A lawful irrigation project requires a stop lock or sluice gate in the streambed. All water-law prerequisites are established. Under Article 647, the proponent offers only the bank owner’s direct construction damage and refuses damage to other irrigators caused by the new easement. Which is correct?
- Article 647 includes damage caused by the new easement to the owners and other irrigators
- Other irrigators are expressly excluded
- Only the cost of paint is payable
- Every lawful irrigation project is immune from compensation
- A water permit conclusively eliminates every private damage claim
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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