Text of the provision
Art. 607. If the usufruct is constituted on immovable property of which a building forms part, and the latter should be destroyed in any manner whatsoever, the usufructuary shall have a right to make use of the land and the materials. The same rule shall be applied if the usufruct is constituted on a building only and the same should be destroyed. But in such a case, if the owner should wish to construct another building, he shall have a right to occupy the land and to make use of the materials, being obliged to pay to the usufructuary, during the continuance of the usufruct, the interest upon the sum equivalent to the value of the land and of the materials.
(517)
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
If the usufruct is on immovable property of which a building forms part and the building is destroyed, the usufructuary is entitled to enjoy the land and the materials. The same rule applies where the usufruct was on the building alone and it is rebuilt.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 606 — Usufruct Until a Third Person Comes of Age.
- Article 608 — Shared Insurance.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.