Practice question
A builder in bad faith incurs necessary expenses preserving the land. The owner says bad faith alone eliminates even452’s express reimbursement. Which is correct?
- 452 recognizes reimbursement for those necessary preservation expenses
- Every bad-faith expenditure is forfeited without exception
- Necessary preservation is never legally relevant
- Only luxury expenses must be reimbursed
- The builder automatically acquires the land
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles444,446–447 and449–456.
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