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Practice question: Contract of Sale or Lease

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

A leased machine is totally destroyed by a fortuitous event. What does Article 1655 provide?
  1. Rent necessarily continues forever.
  2. Ownership automatically transfers to the lessee.
  3. The lease is extinguished.
  4. The machine must be treated as fully usable.
  5. The lease term automatically doubles.

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Articles 1654-1663 and 1878, specific provision identified: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html

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