{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2069","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Fire on Immovable. - 1. Principle","number":"2069","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2069/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE II - CONTRACTS FOR THE CUSTODY, USE OR POSSESSION OF THINGS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Lease","section":"Section 2. - Lease of Immovable","paragraph":"Paragraph 2. - Special Rules Regarding the Lease of Houses"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The lessee shall be liable for fire to the lessor unless he proves that the fire was due to force majeure or a defect of construction or started in a neighboring house.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2069/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":576,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/576/?article=2069&paragraph=lead#article-2069-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}