TRUE
2. No lease for more than ninety-nine years shall be valid.
3. Fungible goods cannot be the subject matter of a contract of
lease.
5. If a lease is to be recorded in the Registry of Property, the
father or guardian, as to the property of the minor or ward,
cannot constitute the same without proper authority.
7. The sublessee shall not be responsible beyond the amount of
rent due from him, in accordance with the terms of the sublease, contract toward the lessor.
at the time of the extra-judicial demand by the lessor.
8. The provisions governing warranty, contained in the title on to keep the thing suitable for the use to which it has been
Sales, shall be applicable to the contract of lease.
11. There is a mere act of trespass when the third person claims
no right whatever
15. With regard to ornamental expenses, the lessee shall not be
entitled to any reimbursement, but he may remove the
ornamental object, provided no damage is caused to the
principal thing, and the lessor does not choose to retain them by
paying their value at the time the lease is extinguished.
16. The lessee shall have the right to reduction of the rent by
reason of the loss of more than onehalf of the fruits through
extraordinary and unforeseen fortuitous event, save always
when there is a specific stipulation to the contrary.
20. He who has executed work upon a movable has a right to
retain it by way of pledge until he is paid.
FALSE
1. A contract where one of the parties binds himself to render to
the other some service is a contract for a piece of work.
4. The guardian cannot lease the property of his ward for himself.
6. When in the contract of lease of things there is no express
prohibition, the lessee may assign the lease, in whole or in part,
without prejudice to his responsibility for the performance of the
9. The lessor is obliged to make all the necessary repairs in order
devoted.
10. If the thing leased is destroyed partially by fortuitous event,
the lessee may choose between a proportional reduction of the
rent and specific performance.
12. The lessee has the burden of proving that the deterioration
or loss of the thing leased was without his fault.
13. If at the end of the contract the lessee should continue
enjoying the thing leased for fifteen days with the acquiescence
of the lessor, and unless a notice to the contrary by either party
has previously been given, it is understood that there is an
implied new lease, for the period of the original contract.
14. The purchaser of a piece of land which is under a lease that is
not recorded in the Registry of Property may terminate the lease,
save when there is a stipulation to the contrary in the contract of
sale.
17. If the period for the lease of a rural land has been fixed, it is
understood to be from year to year, if the rent agreed upon is
annual, from month to month, if it is monthly from week to
week, if the rent is weekly, and from day to day, if the rent is to
paid daily.
18. An agreement waiving or limiting the contractor’s liability for
any defect in the work is void.
19. The contractor is responsible for the damages if the edifice
falls, within fifteen years from the completion of the structure,
on account of defects in the construction or the use of materials
of inferior quality furnished by him, or due to any violation of the
terms of the contract. If the engineer or architect supervises the
construction, he shall be jointly liable with the contractor.