Text of the provision
Art. 1998. The deposit of effects made by travellers in hotels or inns shall also be regarded as necessary. The keepers of hotels or inns shall be responsible for them as depositaries, provided that notice was given to them, or to their employees, of the effects brought by the guests and that, on the part of the latter, they take the precautions which said hotel-keepers or their substitutes advised relative to the care and vigilance of their effects.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full. The three sources consulted do not read identically here; the text above is the reading carried by two of the three, including the Official Gazette.
What this article means
Treats the deposit of a traveller's effects in a hotel or inn as a necessary deposit, so that the hotel-keeper answers for them as a depositary. Two conditions attach: notice of the effects must have been given to the keepers or their employees, and the guest must take the precautions the hotel-keeper or its staff advised for the care and vigilance of those effects.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1951 — The Lender's Liability for Known Flaws.
- Article 2035 — What Can Never Be Compromised.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.