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Practice question: Relating to Waters

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A private owner invokes Article 640 solely to create a convenient watering place for the owner’s commercial herd, with no established public-use reason for a town or village. Does that provision alone compel the claimed easement?
  1. Yes, every private preference is public use
  2. Yes, payment removes the public-use condition
  3. Yes, herd size alone suffices
  4. No; the stated public-use condition is not established
  5. No watering easement can ever exist

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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