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RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 1555

RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 1555

Article 1555

ART. 1555. When the warranty has been agreed upon or nothing has been stipulated on this point, in case eviction occurs, the vendee shall have the right to demand of the vendor: (1) The return of the value which the thing sold had at the time of the eviction, be it greater or less than the price of the sale; (2) The income or fruits, if he has been ordered to deliver them to the party who won the suit against him; (3) The costs of the suit which caused the eviction, and, in a proper case, those of the suit brought against the vendor for the warranty; (4) The expenses of the contract, if the vendee has paid them; (5) The damages and interests, and ornamental expenses, if the sale was made in bad faith. (1478)

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