Text of the provision
Art. 1952. The bailor cannot exempt himself from the payment of expenses or damages by abandoning the thing to the bailee.
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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
The bailor cannot escape paying expenses or damages by abandoning the thing to the bailee.
Related provisions
- Article 1950 — Other Expenses Not Reimbursable.
- Article 1953 — Mutuum Transfers Ownership.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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