Text of the provision
Art. 1680. The lessee shall have no right to a reduction of the rent on account of the sterility of the land leased, or by reason of the loss of fruits due to ordinary fortuitous events; but he shall have such right in case of the loss of more than one-half of the fruits through extraordinary and unforeseen fortuitous events, save always when there is a specific stipulation to the contrary. Extraordinary fortuitous events are understood to be: fire, war, pestilence, unusual flood, locusts, earthquake, or others which are uncommon, and which the contracting parties could not have reasonably foreseen.
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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
A rural lessee gets no rent reduction for ordinary crop failure, but may claim reduction for loss of more than half the fruits through extraordinary fortuitous events (fire, war, unusual flood, locusts, earthquake), absent contrary stipulation.
Related provisions
- Article 1679 — Place and Time of Rent Payment.
- Article 1681 — No Reduction After Separation of Fruits.
Cases citing this article
- Edgar Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc., vs. UCPB General Insurance Company, Inc, G.R. No. 146018, June 25, 2003 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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