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CIVREV Quiz6Property
CIVREV Quiz6Property
1. X purchased the very old Spanish house he was renting from a friend with
the intention of demolishing it once he receives his retirement pay few year
from the sale so that he could construct his dream house thereon. The
building is personal property.
False – immovable property Art. 415 (1) by incorporation
5. A house built in the middle of the street is not real property because it is a
nuisance per se and must therefore be abated.
False – Still real property
10. Machinery placed by the lessor on rented property for an industry operated
by the lessee is real property.
True
11. A portable liquid container may be classified as real property under Article
415.
True
14. Without exception, the strip of land between the high and low water marks of
the sea cannot be registered under the Torrens system.
True – foreshore land
15. The Roponggi lot in Japan, when no longer intended for public service, shall
form part of the patrimonial property of the Philippines.
True- Art. 422 is not automatic. Laurel v. Garcia – there is a need for executive
or legislative proclamation.
16. A health facility acquired and operated by the City of Manila using funds
donated by Lucio Tan is property for public use.
False, Rabuco vs Villegas – patrimonial property
18. The printing machine of a newspaper company installed inside its building is
a real property.
True
20. Exceptionally, a municipality may lease a portion of the town plaza to raise
money for charity.
True
24. The doctrine of state of necessity cannot be invoked if all the elements for the
application of self-help are attendant.
True
SY 2015-2016
Civil Law Review 1 –Delson Quiz 6 (Property)
25. Without exception, Art. 448 will apply only if both parties acted in good faith.
False, also applies when co-ownership is terminated
26. An owner who did not know the exact metes and bounds of his land and
therefore encroached on his neighbor’s land cannot be a builder in good faith.
False, technogas phil vs ca – he is builder in good faith – not presumed to know
metes and bounds of his property
27. An accretion automatically belongs to the owner of the land adjoining the
banks of the river.
True
28. There can be co-ownership between X and Y over two eggs of the same size.
True
30. A co owner becomes the owner of a parcel of land 40 years after he caused
the cancelation of the old title in the names of the co-owners and the issuance
of a new one in his name even if he did not tell his co-owner about the
cancellation.
True (De Lima vs CA – registration of land = sufficient compliance with the
notice requirement)
31. To 40. X and Y are co-owners of a bird. Discuss the rights and obligations of X
and Y?
Rights of each co-owner as to the thing owned in common:
1. to use the thing owned in common
2. to share in the benefits and charges in proportion to the interest of each
3. to the benefits of prescription: prescription by one co owner benefits all.
4. Repairs and taxes
5. To oppose alterations made without the consent of all even if beneficial
6. To protest against seriously prejudicial decisions of the majority
7. Legal redemption
8. To defend the co-ownerships interest in court
9. To demand partition at any time