Practice question
A valid lease expressly permits assignment without separate further lessor consent, and all applicable requirements are satisfied. The lessor invokes 1649 as though no contrary clause could matter. Which is best?
- The default necessarily overrides every permitted contrary clause.
- Every assignment automatically is illegal.
- Only the rent amount can determine consent.
- The assignee must become a public official.
- The article expressly allows the stipulated contrary arrangement.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles1649-1652,1663-1668,1870-1875,1890-1893 and1921-1932: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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