Practice question
A lifetime usufruct over a city apartment contains no contrary provision. The usufructuary leases it for ten years, then dies two years later. The tenant insists that the lease alone extends the usufruct for eight more years. The property is not rural land. Which conclusion is correct?
- The tenant’s contract automatically prolongs the usufruct
- The lease entered into as usufructuary ends when the usufruct expires; the stated rural-lease exception does not apply
- The tenant acquires ownership on the death
- The owner must create a new usufruct
- Every lifetime usufruct necessarily survives its holder forever
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 572 and 603(1): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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