Practice question
A lease contains no express subletting prohibition. The lessee sublets a room and tells the owner that the sublease alone discharged all original lease duties. Which is correct?
- Subletting does not by itself discharge the lessee’s responsibility toward the lessor
- Every sublease cancels the original lease
- The sublessee automatically owns the building
- The owner becomes the sublessee’s agent
- The original lessee’s debts always vanish
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 1650: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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