LEASE TRUE OR FALSE 1.

A contract where one of the parties binds himself to tender to the other some service is a contract for a piece of work. ANS: FALSE=contract of lease of service 2. No lease for more than ninety-nine years shall be valid. ANS: TRUE 1643 3. Fungible goods cannot be the subject matter of a contract of lease. ANS: TRUE=ART 1665 4. The guardian cannot lease the property of his ward for himself. ANS: TRUE 1491 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. ANS:TRUE= ART 1647 6. When the contract of lease of things there is no express prohibition, the lease may assign the lease, in whole or in part, without prejudice to his responsibility for the performance of the contract toward the lessor. ANS: FALSE= ART 1650 7. The sublease shall not be responsible beyond the amount of rent due from him, in accordance with the terms of the sublease, at the time of the extra-judicial demand by the lessor. ANS:TRUE 1652 8. The provisions governing warranty, contained in the title on Sales, shall be applicable to the contract of lease. ANS:TRUE 1653 9. The lessor is obliged to make all the necessary repairs in order to keep the thing suitable for the use to which it has been devoted. FALSE=parties stipulation, cockpit case 1654 10. If the thing leased is destroyed partially by fortuitous event, the lease may choose between a proportional reduction of the rent and specific performance. ANS:FALSE= rescission 11. There is a mere act of trespass when the third person claims no right whatever. ANS: TRUE=ART 1664 12. The lessee has the burden of proving that the deterioration or loss of the thing leased was without his fault. ANS: FALSE=presumption does not apply when happens during calamity. 1667 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. ANS: FALSE=not renewed on the original contract. New period depends if urban or rural 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. ANS: FALSE=art 1676 15. With regard to ornamental expenses, the lease shall not be entitled to any reimbursement, but he may remove the ornamental object, provided no damage is carried to the principal thing, and the lessor does not choose to retain them by paying their value at the time the lease is extinguished. ANS: TRUE 1678 16. The lessee shall have the right to reduction of the rent by reason of the loss of more than one-half of the fruits through extraordinary and unforeseen fortuitous event, some always when there is a specific stipulation to the contrary. ANS:TRUE 1680 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. ANS:FALSE=pertains to urban 18. An agreement waiving ort limiting the contractors liability for any defect in the work is void. ANS:FALSE=ACTED fraudule ntly 1716 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. ANS: FALSE=solidarily liable 1723 20. He who has executed work upon a movable has a right to retain it by way of pledge until he is paid. ANS:TRUE 1731