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Article 642

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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Any person who may wish to use upon his own estate any water of which he can dispose shall have the right to make it flow through the intervening estates, with the obligation to indemnify their owners, as well as the...

Official text — RA 386

Any person who may wish to use upon his own estate any water of which he can dispose shall have the right to make it flow through the intervening estates, with the obligation to indemnify their owners, as well as the owners of the lower estates upon which the waters may filter or descend. (557)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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