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Article 696

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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Every successive owner or possessor of property who fails or refuses to abate a nuisance in that property started by a former owner or possessor is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who created it.

Official text — RA 386

Every successive owner or possessor of property who fails or refuses to abate a nuisance in that property started by a former owner or possessor is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who created it.

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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