one
(2) Real property which by any special provi-
z y
ston Of law is considored ag Personalty; os
(8) Forces of nature which are brought under
control by science; and
(4) In Seneral, all things which can be trans.
Ported from place to place without im airment of
the real property to which they are fixed. (835a)
Art. 417. The following are also considered
personal property:
=
(2), Shares of stock of agricultural, commercial
and industrial entities, although they may ta
real estate. (336a) /: ot "
which ithout their being
: re wi
ss es their Poe fans belong all the oth.
a um to the 5
ers. (337)
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"Ty IN RELATION TO THE
BP GON ‘TO WHOM IT BELONGS
‘Art. 420. The following things are property of
ublic dominion:
(1) Those intended for public use, such as
ads, canals, rivers, torrents, ports and bridges
structed by the State, banks, shores, roadsteads,
i others of similar character;
(2) Those which belong to the State, without
ig for public use, and are intended for some
ic Service or for the development of the national -
. (339a)
All other property of the State, w! Lic
aia a aArticle 414. All things which are or may be
object of appropriation are considered either:
(2) Immovable or real property; or
(2) Movable or personal property. (883)
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IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
Art. 415. The following aré immovable prop-
gjued1) Land, buildings, roads and constructions
of all kinds adhered to the soil;
WC: (g) Trees, plants, and growing fruits, while
they are attached to the land or form an integral
part of an immovable; y
%
y A
33uses, beehives,
i i ouses, pigeon-ho
i Fe ae rceding places of similar nature, in (
fe Gacir owner has placed them c= Proser7=s them cont
with the intention to have them permanently at-
d forming a permanent part por
tached to the land, an
of it; the animals in these
(7) Fertilizer actually used on a piece of land;
(8) Mines, quarries, and slag dumps, while the
matter thereof forms part of the bed, and waters
places are include;
(9) Docks and structures which, though float-
are intended by their nature and object to re-g2ge a5 a conditional sale This old
“pressly repudiated by Article 2140
Givi Code (Serra. Rodriquez, 56 SCRA 538)
‘There is no real analogy between a <
mortgage contract and a conditional sale, a5
tunderstood in Civil law. Its merely aseeuityte
regard it as a conditional sale is to rattle the bones
of an antiquated skeleton from which all
‘semblance of animate life has long since departed
(Bachrach Motor Co. v. Summers, 4 Phil, 3).
SUBJECT MATTER.
a) It covers personal or movable properties con-
templated under Articles 416 and 417 of the New
Civil Code including shares ofistocks and interest
in business.
b) _Shares-of:stocks — chattel mortgage thereon need
red in the stock and transfer book.
2.
nobbe regist
Machinery — if any of the following is absent: (1)
installed by the owner, (2) intended by the owner
of the tenement for an industry or work being
carried on in a building or piece of land and @)
which tend directly to meet the needs of
0
industry or works (Art, 415[b], NCC). If all oft
requisites are present, the machinery is res
not, as a rule, proper subject of a chattel}chatter se Premi: 7
Phil. ogy Bage (Bete wae ,
Gow the
etfective an
2e recorded ie
9 ‘
chattel mort, be subject of
518°, They are real properties under
Auticle 415(1) of the New Civic fh
are houses of mixed al: Tumalea
meee materials, (Tumalad
om er Textile Mills, 122 SCRA 296
built: BXeeptions the chattel mortgage over-a
building is considered valid as between
Barties on the basis of estoppel utes
third_persons (Evangelista 0. Alio Surety & Ine
Co., 103 Phil. 401 (1958)
3. AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTIES,
b)
) Chattel mortgage shall be deemed to cover only
th aa
714],
Act No. 1508; Tsai v. CA, 366 SCRA 324 (2001).
The rule regarding after-acquired properties does
not apply to stores that are open to the public. A.
stipulation in the chattel mortgage which includes
goods that are acquired in renewal of or in sub-
stitution of goods on hand when the mortgage was
executed is valid and binding (Northern Motors Ine,
v. Coquia, 66 SCRA 415 (1975).
imthe inference from the languag
(Aeme Shoe Rubber and Plastic Cor
5. FORMALITIES.
iotrati ropistered in the Chattel
Lace 2) Registration — it must be resist
festente and, Mortgage Register of the Register of Deeds where
place where prepwty the morigagorteside¢opit he resices in the Philip-
is Sthumted he ce v Ss
‘ame> spend oe (Sec, 4, Act No. 1508). If the place of residence and
ie » property is situated are
rede the plae pee era traertaral in the registers
pov fhesame > Eeatirotis > or city (ibid.).
1) Registration creates a lien that follows the
property and serves as notice to third persons
(Northern Motors, Inc. v. Coquia, 68 SCRA 374
11975).
2) Unregistered mortgage is binding, between
the parties but'noton third persons (Filipinas
Marble Corp. v. IAC, 142 SCRA 180 [1986)).
b) Affidavit.of, Good Faith. It is a subscribed st
ment in contract of chattel mortgage wherein
parties severally swear that the mortgage i
for the purpose of securing the obligat
je of the.
yp. CA, 260 56. emmys
a) The following
Dacor )a person
nt mortgage; or (3) a subse-
litor (Sec. 13, Act No, 1508).
“mortgageis broken: (
holding a subsequen
quent attaching credi
b) However
(Cabral v, ae 28SCRA1000
(1969).
Deficiency After Foreclosure.
Since, a chattel mortgage is just a security foreclosure
thereof will
y
(Bicol Savings & Loan
Association v. Guinhazoa, 188 ar 642 (1990)(c) Foreclose the chattel
al property in install.
sale of person ;
tere toa simple loan).
Fee ts (hence, it does not apply
.(not’cumulative — the
bars: exercise of another ‘unless it was
exercise. For instance, the filing
of the collection case bars saggore However
of the propet through a replevin case
recovery of the Prop sare will not bar the other
wreparatory to foreclo:
ceeds if theré was no actual foreclosure.
foreclosure of chattel mortgage on the things sold
deficiency. Thus, seller
shall bar recovery of any
‘cannot recover from guarantor. However, if there
is a real estate mortgage over another property,
the foreclosure thereof will not bar recovery of any
deficiency because he is in effect availing of the
remedy of exacting fulfillment of the obligation
rather than foreclosure of mortgage.
ifseller-mortgagee opts to exercise remedy number
one, he shall be deemed to have waived his right
as a mortgagee but may still levy on the mortgaged _
roperty.
ernativ'