Text of the provision
Art. 2172. The right of every possessor in good faith to reimbursement for necessary and useful expenses is governed by article 546.
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 right of a possessor in good faith to reimbursement for necessary and useful expenses is governed by Article 546 — a quasi-contractual obligation on the owner who recovers the thing.
Related provisions
- Article 2171 — Rights of a Finder of Lost Property.
- Article 2173 — Paying Another's Debt Without His Knowledge.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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