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Practice question: Possession

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A bad-faith possessor collected some orchard fruit but deliberately left another established harvest uncollected. The lawful possessor proves it could have received that harvest. The bad-faith possessor says549 covers only fruit actually taken. Which is correct?
  1. 549 requires reimbursement of fruits received and those the legitimate possessor could have received
  2. Only the collected fruit can ever count
  3. Deliberate waste automatically cancels liability
  4. The possessor becomes owner by declining to gather
  5. The lawful possessor must accept any chosen accounting

Legal references

  • Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles537,544,549 and552–556.

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