Text of the provision
Art. 656. If it be indispensable for the construction, repair, improvement, alteration or beautification of a building, to carry materials through the estate of another, or to raise therein scaffolding or other objects necessary for the work, the owner of such estate shall be obliged to permit the act, after receiving payment of the proper indemnity for the damage caused him.
(569a)
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 indispensable for the construction, repair, improvement or beautification of a building, materials may be carried through another's estate, or scaffolding placed there, after payment of the proper indemnity for the damage caused.
Questions about this provision
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- Article 655 — Extinguishment When No Longer Necessary.
- Article 657 — Animal Paths and Watering Places.
Cases citing this article
- Ama Land, Inc. vs. Wack Wack Residents' Association, Inc, G.R. No. 202342, July 19, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Fausto R. Preysler, Jr. vs. Court of Appeals, et al, G.R. No. 158141, July 11, 2006 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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