Text of the provision
Art. 1519. If goods are delivered to a bailee by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title to them to a purchaser in good faith for value would bind the owner and a negotiable document of title is issued for them they cannot thereafter, while in possession of such bailee, be attached by garnishment or otherwise or be levied under an execution unless the document be first surrendered to the bailee or its negotiation enjoined. The bailee shall in no case be compelled to deliver up the actual possession of the goods until the document is surrendered to him or impounded by the court.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Goods for which a negotiable document has been issued cannot be attached or levied upon while with the bailee, unless the document is first surrendered or its negotiation enjoined.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1518 — Negotiation Despite Breach of Duty.
- Article 1520 — Creditor's Remedy Against the Document.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.