Article 1548
ELI5— what this means for you
Warranty against eviction: if the buyer is deprived of the property by a final judgment based on a right prior to the sale, the seller must return the price, pay for expenses, and indemnify the buyer.
Key point
If someone with a prior right takes the property you bought, the seller must refund your money and pay damages.
Official text — RA 386
Eviction shall take place whenever by a final judgment based on a right prior to the sale or an act imputable to the vendor, the vendee is deprived of the whole or of a part of the thing purchased.
The vendor shall answer for the eviction even though nothing has been said in the contract on the subject.
The contracting parties, however, may increase, diminish, or suppress this legal obligation of the vendor. (1475a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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