Practice question
Water lawfully conducted across intervening land filters or descends onto a lower estate. The proponent argues Article 642 indemnifies only the parcel physically crossed by the aqueduct. Which is correct?
- Only the pipe’s exact footprint can ever matter
- Article 642 expressly includes owners of lower estates onto which the water may filter or descend
- A lower estate has no legal protection
- The proponent automatically owns the lower estate
- The lower owner must always pay the proponent
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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