Assignment No.

2
Property Law

1. Discuss the rule when three parties are involved in the building, planting
and sowing.
2. Discuss the essential requisites for alluvium.
3. Discuss the reasons why alluvium is granted to the riparian owner.
4. A house near a river was enclosed by a high wall which protected the
estate. Should the alluvium immediately outside the wall belong to the
owner of the house.
5. Who owns the lakeshore lands or lands adjacent to the lake?
6. Who owns the accretion caused by the action of Manila bay? Will Art. 457
apply? Explain.
7. Discuss the differences between pond, lagoon and lake. Will Art. 458
applies when the estate adjoins a pond or a lagoon?
8. What is avulsion? Discuss the rules on avulsion.
9. Discuss the differences of river, creek and torrent.
10. Differentiate alluvium and avulsion.
11. Suppose the detached portion is placed on top and not merely alongside
or adjacent to another’s land, will Art. 459 apply?
12. A owns a parcel of land adjoining the bank of the Pampanga River. The
land on the opposite bank is owned by B. The river suddenly changed its
natural course, and the new river bed passed through more than one half
of the land of B.
The ownership of the abandoned river is claimed by:
a. A as owner of the adjacent land.
b. B who lost more than one-half of his land to the new river bed; and
c. The government on the ground that the abandoned river bed is part of
the public domain.
Determine the rights, if any, of each of the claimants. Explain fully,
giving reasons.
13. Who owns the island formed by unidentifiable accumulated deposits?
14. Distinguish adjunction, mixture and specification.
15. Discuss the tests to determine which is the principal and which is the
accessory.