Practice question
A landowner wants to impose a servitude while another person holds usufruct. The servitude will not injure that usufruct, and no perpetual voluntary easement is involved. What does Article 689 permit?
- No servitude can ever be created during usufruct
- The owner may impose a noninjurious servitude without the usufructuary’s consent
- The owner may cancel usufruct by calling it a servitude
- The neighbor acquires ownership automatically
- Any injury is irrelevant
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 689: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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