Civil law Review 2

MOTO-Q NOTES Morales, Occiano, Tongcua, Occiano, Quitain

Atty. Crisostomo Uribe

Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: If it was made beyond the prescriptive period, may it be considered a civil 20% Midterm obligation? 30% quizzes and recitations A: Yes. If prescriptive period was 50% finals interrupted or if no written demand was made. Only if demanded within the Digest – Sales; starting with Sanchez v. prescriptive period may it be due and Rigos demandable. - 2 quizzes in oblicon - Certification that the digest is Q: Is consent one of the essential elements complete and is in your own of obligations? handwriting - from 2 classmates A: NO. It is true only with contracts. - - cases penned by justice Azcuna - 2 quizzes Essential elements of obligation:

I. OBLIGATIONS

OBLICON – Tolentino Sales – Baviera Partnership – Bautista Common Law – general and ordinary law of a country/ community; unwritten law founded on memorial usage and natural justice and reason. Passive solidarity – not always one debtor; may/ may have 2 or more debtors/creditors. When the fulfillment of the condition depends upon the sole will of the debtor, the conditional obligation shall be void – this is true only in resolutory conditions.

1. Active Subject – creditor/obligee Q: Is any kind of person subject to obligation? A: Yes. Not only Natural persons but also juridical entities/persons. 2. Prestation – to give, to do, or not to do. Q: Is it a thing? A: No. It is the particular conduct of the debtor. 3 -

Juridical tie – vinculum juris that which binds the parties.

Alternative obligations – simple when choice has already been communicated! If not communicated there is no consent.

Q: When can there be a tie? What creates a tie? A: when there is an existence of the source of obligation.

Facultative obligations – always with the creditor?

Sources of Obligation:

is

the

choice

Art. 1157. Obligations arise from: Obligations:

(1) Law;

Art. 1156. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (n) -

it is a civil obligation because of the phrase juridical necessity.

Q: Does a creditor have a right under natural obligations? A: Yes Q: Suppose a promissory note was made: 1/2/93

(2) Contracts; (3) Quasi-contracts; (4) Acts or omissions punished by law; and (5) Quasi-delicts. (1089a) QUASI CONTRACTS: Kinds:

I promise to pay B P1M A

Is it civil or natural? A: It may be civil or natural. Civil-within 10 years prescriptive period; natural-beyond ten years.

1.Nominate: a.) solutio indebiti b.) Negotiorum gestio 2. Innominate – Articles 2164-2175

BOGS QUITAIN; TERE MORALES; PAULETTE TONGCUA; TINO OCCIANO; BUDS OCCIANO

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 SECTION 3. - Other Quasi-Contracts Art. 2172. The right of every possessor in good faith to reimbursement for necessary Art. 2164. When, without the knowledge of and useful expenses is governed by Article the person obliged to give support, it is 546. given by a stranger, the latter shall have a right to claim the same from the former, Art. 2173. When a third person, without the unless it appears that he gave it out of knowledge of the debtor, pays the debt, the piety and without intention of being repaid. rights of the former are governed by (1894a) Articles 1236 and 1237. Art. 2165. When funeral expenses are borne by a third person, without the knowledge of those relatives who were obliged to give support to the deceased, said relatives shall reimburse the third person, should the latter claim reimbursement. (1894a) Art. 2166. When the person obliged to support an orphan, or an insane or other indigent person unjustly refuses to give support to the latter, any third person may furnish support to the needy individual, with right of reimbursement from the person obliged to give support. The provisions of this article apply when the father or mother of a child under eighteen years of age unjustly refuses to support him. Art. 2167. When through an accident or other cause a person is injured or becomes seriously ill, and he is treated or helped while he is not in a condition to give consent to a contract, he shall be liable to pay for the services of the physician or other person aiding him, unless the service has been rendered out of pure generosity. Art. 2168. When during a fire, flood, storm, or other calamity, property is saved from destruction by another person without the knowledge of the owner, the latter is bound to pay the former just compensation. Art. 2169. When the government, upon the failure of any person to comply with health or safety regulations concerning property, undertakes to do the necessary work, even over his objection, he shall be liable to pay the expenses. Art. 2170. When by accident or other fortuitous event, movables separately pertaining to two or more persons are commingled or confused, the rules on coownership shall be applicable. Art. 2171. The rights and obligations of the finder of lost personal property shall be governed by Articles 719 and 720.

Art. 2174. When in a small community a nationality of the inhabitants of age decide upon a measure for protection against lawlessness, fire, flood, storm or other calamity, any one who objects to the plan and refuses to contribute to the expenses but is benefited by the project as executed shall be liable to pay his share of said expenses. Art. 2175. Any person who is constrained to pay the taxes of another shall be entitled to reimbursement from the latter.  certain lawful, unilateral act must concur.  For negotiorum gestio- there must be abandonment. BAR EXAM QUESTION: A bought a pack of cigar worth P225.00. He paid P375.00. What relationship was created? A: Quasi contract; solutio indebiti Q: A had a fishpond. Lawless events forced to go to Manila and then Europe. B, who has in the business of buying and selling fish, realized that it was harvest time, harvested the fish and sold them to X. B borrowed money from Y in order to buy the fingerlings. a. What Juridical relationship created between A and B?

was

A: Negotiorum gestio b. What juridical relationship was created by A with respect to B and X? A: to remit the sale of fish sold to X c. A with respect to B and Y? A: A must pay the loan to B because it was for the benefit of A.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 d. If A ratified the acts of B, what will A: No. the proximate cause was the bulk of happen? watermelon. It was dimly lighted. There is negligence considering the person, time and place. A: A shall be indebted to B Q: Is innominate quasi contract exclusive?

Gutierrez v. Gutierrez (56 Phil 177)

A: No. Acts or omissions punishable by law.-> crimes and delicts.

- there were 5 defendants. 3 were held liable. The mother and child were not held liable.

 to the RPC.

felony is limited only

Requisites for it to arise: There must be a conviction. Proof beyond reasonable doubt. Q: Is there a crime where there is no civil liability? A: Justifying Circumstances.

Q: A obliged himself the following to B: a. to give a refrigerator, model 123; b. an 18 inch TV set; c. fix piano of B. A failed to perform any. What are the remedies? A: Determine first the nature of the thing to be delivered whether determinate or indeterminate: a. b.

QUASI DELICT: Quasi-delict = culpa aquiliana - it is not culpa extra contractual or torts. Culpa extra contractual includes: 1. contractual 2. Extra contractual – includes other sources under 1157. Pineda would say that torts is not quasidelict because torts include malicious and negligent acts.

c.

determinate/specific(ref)- specific performance plus damages. Generic (TV) – to have another person perform at the expense of the debtor. Service (to do) – damages;involuntary servitude.

Generic – depends on the purpose and circumstances. July 7, 2007 (7/7/07) Compliance of Obligation; specific obligation of the debtor; different kinds of obligation – joint solidary. July 10 and 28 -make up class

Atty. Uribe does not agree with him. Torts is the same as quasi delict.

Compliance – determine the kind of obligation; determine the purpose.

Art. 2177. Responsibility for fault or negligence under the preceding article is entirely separate and distinct from the civil liability arising from negligence under the Penal Code. But the plaintiff cannot recover damages twice for the same act or omission of the defendant. (n)

BAR EXAM QUESTION:

Cangco v. Manila Railroad (18 Phil 768) Q: What were the defendant's defenses? A: plaintiff was negligent; defendant exercised due diligence in selecting its employees. (not a good defense. It is raised only in quasi delict.MRR’s liability was based on contract of carriage.)

There was an obligation on the part of A to deliver mangoes on july 1, 2006, 6 months after agreement with B. One month before delivery, A sold to the fruit to X. Can B recover the fruits from X? A: No. B has no real rights over the fruits since it was not delivered to him. KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS AS TO PERFECTION AND EXTINGUISHMENT: Q: promissory note: 1/2/93

Q: Was it the negligence of Cangco? BOGS QUITAIN; TERE MORALES; PAULETTE TONGCUA; TINO OCCIANO; BUDS OCCIANO

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 2. Not later than 3. within ___ mos. A What kind of obligation? Q: A borrowed from B P1M, payable at the end of the year. August 1, creditor A: Pure Obligation demanded a mortgage constituted on the  even if suspensive or house of A. No mortgage was delivered. On postestative condition, the debtor may be Aug.16, can creditor demand? When? compelled if there is a pre existing condition. A: When he loses the right to make use of Impossible Conditions: the period. If debtor has promised, in this case the debtor did not promise anything. If with a term – shall annul condition If without a term – it is void Q: If insolvent, will he lose his right? If negative impossible – valid condition I promise to pay B P1M

Art. 1187. The effects of a conditional obligation to give, once the condition has been fulfilled, shall retroact to the day of the constitution of the obligation. Nevertheless, when the obligation imposes reciprocal prestations upon the parties, the fruits and interests during the pendency of the condition shall be deemed to have been mutually compensated. If the obligation is unilateral, the debtor shall appropriate the fruits and interests received, unless from the nature and circumstances of the obligation it should be inferred that the intention of the person constituting the same was different. Reciprocal – sale Unilateral – donation Q: A obliged himself to B to deliver a thing on September 2005, after they agreed in January 2003. A however delivered it to C in April of 2003. Who has a better right? What about C? A: B has a better right. C will have a better right if he acted in good faith. * with regard to improvements, if voluntarily made by the debtor, no other right than usufructuary. BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: A borrowed P1M from B payable at the end of the year; A delivered a car as stipulated, B may use the car. On August 1, A offered to pay P1M, can B be compelled to accept P1M? A: It depends on whose benefit the term was constituted. If for the benefit of both parties, there may be no compulsion. If for the benefit of the debtor, creditor may be compelled to accept. Instances for the benefit of the debtor: 1. on or before

A: No, if he furnishes a guaranty which is acceptable to the creditor. Q: How will he be insolvent? A: by giving one or more of his property. Q: What if he has no assets? A: third person may guarantee. Art. 1198. The debtor shall lose every right to make use of the period: (1) When after the obligation has been contracted, he becomes insolvent, unless he gives a guaranty or security for the debt; (2) When he does not furnish to the creditor the guaranties or securities which he has promised; (3) When by his own acts he has impaired said guaranties or securities after their establishment, and when through a fortuitous event they disappear, unless he immediately gives new ones equally satisfactory; (4) When the debtor violates any undertaking, in consideration of which the creditor agreed to the period; (5) When the debtor attempts to abscond. (1129a)

Lim v. People (133 SCRA 333) -> merely an agent; 1197 is not applicable. Period “as soon as sold” Millares v. Hernando (151 SCRA 484) -> 1197 is not applicable.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1197. If the obligation does not fix a disappeared, or that of the service which period, but from its nature and the last became impossible. circumstances it can be inferred that a period was intended, the courts may fix the Damages other than the value of the last duration thereof. thing or service may also be awarded. (1135a) The courts shall also fix the duration of the period when it depends upon the will of the Art. 1205. When the choice has been debtor. expressly given to the creditor, the obligation shall cease to be alternative from In every case, the courts shall determine the day when the selection has been such period as may under the communicated to the debtor. circumstances have been probably contemplated by the parties. Once fixed by Until then the responsibility of the debtor the courts, the period cannot be changed shall be governed by the following rules: by them. (1128a) AS TO PLURALITY OF PRESTATION: SECTION 3. - Alternative Obligations Art. 1199. A person alternatively bound by different prestations shall completely perform one of them. The creditor cannot be compelled to receive part of one and part of the other undertaking. (1131) Art. 1200. The right of choice belongs to the debtor, unless it has been expressly granted to the creditor. The debtor shall have no right to choose those prestations which are impossible, unlawful or which could not have been the object of the obligation. (1132) Art. 1201. The choice shall produce no effect except from the time it has been communicated. (1133) Art. 1202. The debtor shall lose the right of choice when among the prestations whereby he is alternatively bound, only one is practicable. (1134) Art. 1203. If through the creditor's acts the debtor cannot make a choice according to the terms of the obligation, the latter may rescind the contract with damages. (n) Art. 1204. The creditor shall have a right to indemnity for damages when, through the fault of the debtor, all the things which are alternatively the object of the obligation have been lost, or the compliance of the obligation has become impossible. The indemnity shall be fixed taking as a basis the value of the last thing which

(1) If one of the things is lost through a fortuitous event, he shall perform the obligation by delivering that which the creditor should choose from among the remainder, or that which remains if only one subsists; (2) If the loss of one of the things occurs through the fault of the debtor, the creditor may claim any of those subsisting, or the price of that which, through the fault of the former, has disappeared, with a right to damages; (3) If all the things are lost through the fault of the debtor, the choice by the creditor shall fall upon the price of any one of them, also with indemnity for damages. The same rules shall be applied to obligations to do or not to do in case one, some or all of the prestations should become impossible. (1136a) Art. 1206. When only one prestation has been agreed upon, but the obligor may render another in substitution, the obligation is called facultative. The loss or deterioration of the thing intended as a substitute, through the negligence of the obligor, does not render him liable. But once the substitution has been made, the obligor is liable for the loss of the substitute on account of his delay, negligence or fraud. (n)

a.) alternative b.) facultative c.) conjunctive – 2 or more prestations which shall be complied with.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 In Facultative: involves 2 or more prestations but only one is due. I promise to __,__,and ___ (conjunctive) - if one is lost, depends if there was a communication. I promise to __,__,or ___ (alternative) Example:

In conjunctive and facultative, no choice is made.

Tolentino: if debtor destroys substitute, it doesn’t matter.

In alternative, choice is with debtor unless:

Q: What if debtor refuses to make a choice?

Art. 1205. When the choice has been expressly given to the creditor, the obligation shall cease to be alternative from the day when the selection has been communicated to the debtor. * choice must be communicated. (relevant if one of the prestation was lost) 1. if fault of debtor after communication – debtor is liable. 2. if loss happened before communication due to fortuitous event – debtor may still choose from the remaining. IF FAULT WAS DUE TO ONE OF THE PARTIES; MAKE A DISTINCTION, WHO HAS AT FAULT AND WHO HAS THE CHOICE:

A: Creditor alternative. Final exams/ asked)

file

an

action

in

midterms

(might

be

the

the

In July 1, 2003, A and B entered into an agreement. When it fell due, B failed to fulfill and was in delay. (Sir said that he is not in delay, because there was no demand.) Q: When can debtor make a choice of the substitution? A: He can make a choice even before it becomes due and demandable.

1. Choice of debtor; fault of creditor.

Facultative vs. Penal clause should be non-compliance.)

(there

- debtor may choose from those remaining or debtor may opt to rescind the obligation.

AS TO THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION OF MULTIPLE PARTIES:

2. Choice of creditor; fault of debtor.

SECTION 4. - Joint and Solidary Obligations

- creditor may opt to choose from those remaining or that value of which was lost plus damages.

Art. 1207. The concurrence of two or more creditors or of two or more debtors in one and the same obligation does not imply that each one of the former has a right to demand, or that each one of the latter is bound to render, entire compliance with the prestation. There is a solidary liability only when the obligation expressly so states, or when the law or the nature of the obligation requires solidarity. (1137a)

Example: Choice of debtor, first prestations were lost due to his fault, only one is left and yet was lost through fortuitous event. - debtor can’t be held liable.

1. if debtor: value of last prestation plus damages.

Art. 1208. If from the law, or the nature or the wording of the obligations to which the preceding article refers the contrary does not appear, the credit or debt shall be presumed to be divided into as many shares as there are creditors or debtors, the credits or debts being considered distinct from one another, subject to the Rules of Court governing the multiplicity of suits. (1138a)

2. if creditor’s choice: anything of those lost plus damages.

Art. 1209. If the division is impossible, the right of the creditors may be prejudiced

In alternative, if all prestations were lost due to the fault of the debtor?  depends on who has the right to choose:


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 only by their collective acts, and the debt the payment already made. If the payment can be enforced only by proceeding against is made before the debt is due, no interest all the debtors. If one of the latter should for the intervening period may be be insolvent, the others shall not be liable demanded. for his share. (1139) When one of the solidary debtors cannot, Art. 1210. The indivisibility of an obligation because of his insolvency, reimburse his does not necessarily give rise to solidarity. share to the debtor paying the obligation, Nor does solidarity of itself imply such share shall be borne by all his coindivisibility. (n) debtors, in proportion to the debt of each. (1145a) Art. 1211. Solidarity may exist although the creditors and the debtors may not be Art. 1218. Payment by a solidary debtor bound in the same manner and by the shall not entitle him to reimbursement from same periods and conditions. (1140) his co-debtors if such payment is made after the obligation has prescribed or become illegal. (n) Art. 1212. Each one of the solidary creditors may do whatever may be useful to the others, but not anything which may Art. 1219. The remission made by the be prejudicial to the latter. (1141a) creditor of the share which affects one of the solidary debtors does not release the latter from his responsibility towards the Art. 1213. A solidary creditor cannot assign co-debtors, in case the debt had been his rights without the consent of the others. totally paid by anyone of them before the (n) remission was effected. (1146a) Art. 1214. The debtor may pay any one of the solidary creditors; but if any demand, judicial or extrajudicial, has been made by one of them, payment should be made to him. (1142a) Art. 1215. Novation, compensation, confusion or remission of the debt, made by any of the solidary creditors or with any of the solidary debtors, shall extinguish the obligation, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 1219. The creditor who may have executed any of these acts, as well as he who collects the debt, shall be liable to the others for the share in the obligation corresponding to them. (1143) Art. 1216. The creditor may proceed against any one of the solidary debtors or some or all of them simultaneously. The demand made against one of them shall not be an obstacle to those which may subsequently be directed against the others, so long as the debt has not been fully collected. (1144a) Art. 1217. Payment made by one of the solidary debtors extinguishes the obligation. If two or more solidary debtors offer to pay, the creditor may choose which offer to accept. He who made the payment may claim from his co-debtors only the share which corresponds to each, with the interest for

Art. 1220. The remission of the whole obligation, obtained by one of the solidary debtors, does not entitle him to reimbursement from his co-debtors. (n) Art. 1221. If the thing has been lost or if the prestation has become impossible without the fault of the solidary debtors, the obligation shall be extinguished. If there was fault on the part of any one of them, all shall be responsible to the creditor, for the price and the payment of damages and interest, without prejudice to their action against the guilty or negligent debtor. If through a fortuitous event, the thing is lost or the performance has become impossible after one of the solidary debtors has incurred in delay through the judicial or extrajudicial demand upon him by the creditor, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply. (1147a) Art. 1222. A solidary debtor may, in actions filed by the creditor, avail himself of all defenses which are derived from the nature of the obligation and of those which are personal to him, or pertain to his own share. With respect to those which personally belong to the others, he may avail himself thereof only as regards that part of the debt for which the latter are responsible. (1148a)


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of In the exams if A, B and C are debtors and the partnership. (n) X and Y are creditors, and it speaks of solidarity, presume solidarity on both sides. Art. 1824. All partners are liable solidarily with the partnership for everything chargeable to the partnership under Articles 1822 and 1823. (n) BAR EXAM QUESTION: 1. Joint obligation 2. Solidary obligation

Q: A and B obliged themselves to deliver 1thousand pesos worth of specific sacks of rice to X and Y. What is the type of obligation?

NATURE OF THE OBLIGATION WHICH REQUIRES SOLIDARITY: Example: 1.

A: It is a joint obligation unless there is a stipulation; the law requires it; the nature of the obligation requires it. Q: B delivered entire 1 thousand pesos to X, can Y compel B to deliver?

human

Art. 2194. The responsibility of two or more persons who are liable for quasi-delict is solidary. 2.

A: Yes. Because the obligation is joint. Solidary:

Liability arising from relations. (torts-2194)

Decisions of the Supreme Court which became final.

Liwanag v. WCC

1. Joint and several. 2. jointly and severally.

Computations:

Ronquillo v. CA (132 SCRA 274)

Joint obligations

“individually and jointly, collectively and distinctively.”

P120

respectively,

A

X

In promissory note: I promise to pay A and B (solidary).

B

We promise to pay. (solidary)

C

If simple “We” – joint

-> X may demand P60

Solidary liability examples:

If X demands from A, A is to pay only P20.

LAW

Mixed Solidarity

Solution indebiti, crimes, negotiorum gestio. In agency read b.solidary on the on the outline, 1823-1824-> tortuous act of one of the parties.

X may demand 120 from any of them.

Art. 1823. The partnership is bound to make good the loss:

A: If joint- X with respect to A can demand 45;

Y

What if there was an agreement? A = ½; B = ¼; C =1/4; X = ¾ ; Y = ¼

(1) Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and

Q: If mixed:

(2) Where the partnership in the course of its business receives

Passive solidarity:

A: X= 90; Y = 30; X may demand P22.50 from A.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 No agreement – debtors are solidarily Q: If after condonation C was already bound. X may demand 60 from A. insolvent, how much can B recover from A? If there is an agreement: X may demand from A- 45, B and C- 22.50. Active Solidarity:

A: Having paid 80, B shall recover 20, even if remitted, it does not exempt if one is insolvent. EFFECT OF DISMISSAL OF ACTION

Creditor solidarily bound. X can demand from A = 40; if Y receives 40, he should give 20 to X. If there is an agreement: X may demand 45 from A and Y may demand 15 from A.

Q: X and Y filed a case against A, however it was dismissed. Y filed a case again. Will his action prosper? A: it depends if joint or solidary.

In a joint obligation if A paid the whole 120, he cannot claim reimbursement from B and C unless he proves that they have been benefited. There was payment to the wrong party.

Q: If joint: If reason is prescription, Y still files, may it prosper?

Solidary:

Q: If the ground is subject to different conditions?

Q: A demanded payment from X, can Y still collect? A: No. the payment of extinguishes the obligation.

one

A: Yes. The debts are separate and distinct in joint. Action shall not inure to X.

debtor

Q: In joint, C became insolvent, how much can X demand from A? A: Still P20. Insolvency shall not increase the debt of joint debtors. Q: if X remitted entire obligation in favor of A, can Y still collect from B and C? A: Yes. Q: If solidary, C became insolvent, how much can X demand? A: 120. The share of 1 solidary debtor shall be shouldered by other solidary debtors.

Q: If A was compelled to pay X, how much can A recover? A: From B=P60 REMISSION IN SOLIDARY: Q: X condones share of A and demanded payment from B. How much can B pay? A: P80

A: Yes. The debts are separate and distinct in joint. Action shall not inure to X.

Q: If ground is minority. May it prosper? A: No, it is an absolute defense. Q: If dismissed because contract is void, will it prosper? A: No. Q: if solidary? A: No. The demand of one creditor inures to the benefit of other creditors. BAR EXAMINATION QUESTION: Q: Four medical students rented an apartment. They agreed for the payment of utilities. Before the lease contract ended, 3 of the 4 went back to their country. They have unpaid telephone bills worth 100k, can the one left pay only P25? A: Yes. It is presumed to be a joint obligation as provided in Article 1207. Art. 1207. The concurrence of two or more creditors or of two or more debtors in one and the same obligation does not imply that each one of the former has a right to demand, or that each one of the latter is bound to render, entire compliance with the prestation. There is a solidary liability only when the obligation expressly so states, or


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 when the law or the nature of the damages, there being no stipulation to the obligation requires solidarity. (1137a) contrary, shall be the payment of the interest agreed upon, and in the absence of stipulation, the legal interest, which is six DISJUNCTIVE per cent per annum. (1108) 1. A will pay P120 either to X or Y 2. A or B will pay X

Bachrach v. Espiritu 52 PHIL 346

Q: If X demands payment, A paid Y, can X still demand payment from A? Who has the right to choose?

Facts: There was a sale of 2 trucks with interest of 12% for the unpaid portion and a penalty of 25%.

A: Depends on the agreement.

Held: Parties expressly stipulated the payment of interest hence liable, the penalty was reduced to 10% because there was partial performance; usurious.

Q: What if there is no agreement? A: Tolentino- should be treated like solidary. Payment should be made to the solidary creditor who demanded first. * Sir does not agree! Rules on alternative obligation should govern because under the law solidarity is not presumed hence disjunctive is not one of it. NEXT MEETING TUESDAY!

BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: Corporation promised to deliver furniture set to A. they agreed that in case of non compliance, a penalty of 100 thousand pesos must be paid. The corporation delivered furniture set which is different, instead of Narra. Buyer is asking for 300 thousand pesos as damages and 100 thousand for the penalty. Is this claim tenable? A: UP Law Center: It is not tenable. The penalty is the substitute for damages. Alternative answer: Yes, he may claim for damages because there was fraud committed. –

provides

Q: May the aggrieved party be able to compel the other party to pay penalty plus performance? A: The general rule is they may not, however if it is clearly granted, they may. Illustration: A construction of a building which has a penalty of 10 thousand pesos per day if not completed on the agreed day, plus performance was agreed upon.

July 24, 2007

PENAL CLAUSE liability.

* no need to present proof of damages as long as there is breach of the obligation.

for

greater

Robes-Francisco v. CFI 86 SCRA 59 The supreme court ruled that the 4% stipulation is not a penal clause. Even without such stipulation, corporation is still liable to pay 6% based on Article 2209. Art. 2209. If the obligation consists in the payment of a sum of money, and the debtor incurs in delay, the indemnity for

Q: Debtor offered his car instead of paying the penalty. May a debtor compel creditor to accept penalty instead of car. A: General rule: No; Exception: Unless expressly reserved. Q: If the principal is void, will it follow that the accessory is void? A: General Rule: Yes Exception: if the basis is the nullity of the obligation there can be a penalty. Example:Foreigners who contracted Filipinos usually penalty is provided in case contract is declared void. In this case the nullity of the principal does not affect the penalty. BREACH OF OBLIGATION: Q: Who can be held liable? A: Those who are enumerated in Article 1170; hence, anyone.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1170. Those who in the performance of - depends on the circumstances, time their obligations are guilty of fraud, and place. negligence, or delay, and those who in any - Degree of diligence: that of a good manner contravene the tenor thereof, are father of a family unless the law or liable for damages. (1101) the stipulations provide otherwise. FRAUD:

Q: May a waiver of future negligence be considered void.

1. Fraud in contract – art. 1338 Art. 1338. There is fraud when, through insidious words or machinations of one of the contracting parties, the other is induced to enter into a contract which, without them, he would not have agreed to. (1269) 2. Causal fraud – dolo causante in contracts; voidable. 3. Incidental fraud – dolo incidente Art. 1170. Those who in the performance of their obligations are guilty of fraud, negligence, or delay, and those who in any manner contravene the tenor thereof, are liable for damages. (1101) - if obligation is monetary in character for example, P1M, it is interest by way of damages. Compensatory damages stipulated in writing.

–

expressly

Q: Is article 1170 by way of dolo? A: No. Better term is bad faith or malice. The phrase “in any manner” covers not only fraud but also negligence and delay. WAIVER of future fraud is void: -

consider the dated when waiver was made, and date when the fraudulent act happened.

A: Yes. Gross negligence is equivalent to fraud. Telefast v. Castro 158 SCRA 445 The negligence in this case was considered gross in character. DELAY: “Mora”; time. -

non-fulfillment

with

respect

to

no delay in obligation not to do. (obviously!)

Effects of delay: 1. If determinate thing to deliver, there was a fortuitous event – the obligor is still liable. BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: A and B entered into a lease agreement over certain machineries. B was to open a car repair shop. On February 15, they agreed that the machineries will be leased for one month. On March 15, the lessor demanded return of the machineries. Because the truck of B had a problem, the machineries were not returned. Is B liable? A: No, B is not liable. There were only 28 days. An agreement of 1 month is 30 days.

NEGLIGENCE (memorize)

*As a rule there has to be a demand.

Art. 1173. The fault or negligence of the obligor consists in the omission of that diligence which is required by the nature of the obligation and corresponds with the circumstances of the persons, of the time and of the place. When negligence shows bad faith, the provisions of Articles 1171 and 2201, paragraph 2, shall apply.

*Demand need not be in writing; It is different from demand to interrupt the prescriptive period.

If the law or contract does not state the diligence which is to be observed in the performance, that which is expected of a good father of a family shall be required. (1104a)

Art. 1169. Those obliged to deliver or to do something incur in delay from the time the obligee judicially or extrajudicially demands from them the fulfillment of their obligation. However, the demand by the creditor shall not be necessary in order that delay may exist:


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 (1) When the obligation or the law - it is the happening of a fortuitous expressly so declare; or event. It applies to any kind of obligation. (2) When from the nature and the circumstances of the obligation it In obligation to give, Article 1262 applies: appears that the designation of the time when the thing is to be Art. 1262. An obligation which consists in delivered or the service is to be the delivery of a determinate thing shall be rendered was a controlling motive extinguished if it should be lost or for the establishment of the destroyed without the fault of the debtor, contract; or and before he has incurred in delay. (3) When demand would be useless, as when the obligor has rendered it beyond his power to perform.

tax,

When by law or stipulation, the obligor is liable even for fortuitous events, the loss of the thing does not extinguish the obligation, and he shall be responsible for damages. The same rule applies when the nature of the obligation requires the assumption of risk. (1182a)

controlling

In Article 1165, even if obligation became impossible due to Fortuitous event, debtor is still liable.

In 1169 – no demand is needed. 1. by law – agency. 2. Stipulation

eg.

Payment

3. When period is the motive. Ex. Wedding.

of

4. Demand would be useless due to the of the debtor. In reciprocal obligations, neither party incurs in delay if the other does not comply or is not ready to comply in a proper manner with what is incumbent upon him. From the moment one of the parties fulfills his obligation, delay by the other begins. (1100a) Reciprocal obligations: - arise from the same transaction. Example: Contract of sale. 1169 – should apply only if both are already due and demandable upon establishment or at the same time. Agcaoili v. GSIS 165 SCRA 1 -

if both in delay, no right of recission.

Art. 1174. Except in cases expressly specified by the law, or when it is otherwise declared by stipulation, or when the nature of the obligation requires the assumption of risk, no person shall be responsible for those events which could not be foreseen, or which, though foreseen, were inevitable. (1105a)

Art. 1165. When what is to be delivered is a determinate thing, the creditor, in addition to the right granted him by Article 1170, may compel the debtor to make the delivery. If the thing is indeterminate or generic, he may ask that the obligation be complied with at the expense of the debtor. If the obligor delays, or has promised to deliver the same thing to two or more persons who do not have the same interest, he shall be responsible for any fortuitous event until he has effected the delivery. (1096) -

promise to deliver to two or more persons, the debtor is still liable. In Napocor v. CA (161 SCRA 344), to be excused there should be no concurring negligence.

BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: A ring was delivered to a jewelry shop for cleaning. After a week, the ring was not yet cleaned. Thereafter, the ring was lost due to robbery. Is the jewelry shop liable? A: Yes. Before the fortuitous event, the jewelry shop was already in delay. REMEDIES FOR BREACH: A. Extra judicial – principal remedy, expressly granted by law. - 1191. It can be


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 invoked aside from other remedy. Art.1381 Q: Why is there a need to file a rescission is only a subsidiary remedy. with the courts when it can be extrajudicial? Art. 1191. The power to rescind obligations is implied in reciprocal ones, in case one of A: Because a party cannot take the law in the obligors should not comply with what is his own hands especially if there is incumbent upon him. recovery needed. The injured party may choose between the fulfillment and the rescission of the obligation, with the payment of damages in either case. He may also seek rescission, even after he has chosen fulfillment, if the latter should become impossible. The court shall decree the rescission claimed, unless there be just cause authorizing the fixing of a period. This is understood to be without prejudice to the rights of third persons who have acquired the thing, in accordance with Articles 1385 and 1388 and the Mortgage Law. (1124) Art. 1381. The following contracts are rescissible: (1) Those which are entered into by guardians whenever the wards whom they represent suffer lesion by more than one-fourth of the value of the things which are the object thereof; (2) Those agreed upon in representation of absentees, if the latter suffer the lesion stated in the preceding number; (3) Those undertaken in fraud of creditors when the latter cannot in any other manner collect the claims due them; (4) Those which refer to things under litigation if they have been entered into by the defendant without the knowledge and approval of the litigants or of competent judicial authority; (5) All other contracts specially declared by law to be subject to rescission. (1291a) If court declared the act as rescissory, it will retroact from the time notice was given to the other party.

UP v. de los Angeles (35 SCRA 102) - there can be unilateral decision provided it is agreed upon. BAR EXAMINATION QUESTION Q: A sold a parcel of land to B for P1M, B paid 100 thousand as down payment. Vendor will be liable for eviction of squatters, balance to be paid 30 days after eviction, if squatters are still there for 6 months buyer should return the money. During the 6th month period, the price of the land was doubled. Seller offered to return the 100 thousand pesos. Buyer refused and offered to pay the balance and asked seller to sign. Seller filed an action for rescission. Is the action proper? A: No. The seller was not the aggrieved party. Rescission as a remedy maybe invoked only by the aggrieved party. UFC v. CA (33 SCRA 1) 1. Only those who have complied with their obligation or at least ready to comply. 2. Violation must be substantial/fundamental in character. There was no showing that Mafran had exhausted all the remedies available. SC: rescission is under 1191 not 1381. Q: If obligation becomes impossible, what is the remedy? A: Rescission. If already rescinded, he can no longer demand for the fulfillment. Magdalena Estate v. Myrick (71 Phil 344) Myrick was able to recover because there was no stipulation as to forfeiture. Other extrajudicial remedies: Rights of unpaid seller:


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1526. Subject to the provisions of this 2. accion subrogatoria – creditor may be Title, notwithstanding that the ownership in subrogated to the right of the debtor as to the goods may have passed to the buyer, 3rd persons. the unpaid seller of goods, as such, has: - pertains to obligation to give; monetary (1) A lien on the goods or right to obligation. It does not pertain to purely retain them for the price while he is personal right. Example: acts of agency. in possession of them; Q: What is the extent of liability? (2) In case of the insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods A: 2236, applies to present and future in transitu after he has parted with property. the possession of them; (3) A right of resale as limited by this Title; (4) A right to rescind the sale as likewise limited by this Title. Where the ownership in the goods has not passed to the buyer, the unpaid seller has, in addition to his other remedies a right of withholding delivery similar to and coextensive with his rights of lien and stoppage in transitu where the ownership has passed to the buyer. (n)

Art. 2236. The debtor is liable with all his property, present and future, for the fulfillment of his obligations, subject to the exemptions provided by law. (1911a) -

If a person is judicially declared to be insolvent, when he inherits, the future property is exempt.

Family Home: May be a subject for tax nonpayment, creditors for construction, claim of laborers and mortgagee. (Rules of Court rule 39, sec.13)

B. Judicial Remedies: a.) Principal performance

remedies

Q: In obligation to performance allowed?

do,

– is

specific substitute

MODES OF EXTINGUISHMENT – Article 1231 Art. 1231. Obligations are extinguished: (1) By payment or performance: (2) By the loss of the thing due:

A: It depends. If personal qualification was stipulated.

(3) By the condonation or remission of the debt;

If no specific performance, it amounts to involuntary servitude.

(4) By the confusion or merger of the rights of creditor and debtor;

Q: If obligation was to do and obligation was poorly done.

(5) By compensation;

A: Art. 1167. If a person obliged to do something fails to do it, the same shall be executed at his cost. This same rule shall be observed if he does it in contravention of the tenor of the obligation. Furthermore, it may be decreed that what has been poorly done be undone. (1098) b.) Subsidiary remedies 1. accion pauliana – to be discussed in rescissible contracts.

(6) By novation. Other causes of extinguishment of obligations, such as annulment, rescission, fulfillment of a resolutory condition, and prescription, are governed elsewhere in this Code. (1156a) -

It presupposes that there is an existing valid obligation.

Recission – principal remedy is under article 1191. Art. 1191. The power to rescind obligations is implied in reciprocal ones, in case one of


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 the obligors should not comply with what is Q: What about renunciation by the creditor? incumbent upon him. A: Not necessarily. If it is gratuitous, it The injured party may choose between the would fall under condonation/remission. If fulfillment and the rescission of the for a consideration, it falls under novation. obligation, with the payment of damages in either case. He may also seek rescission, Q: Compromise? even after he has chosen fulfillment, if the latter should become impossible. A: It may. But it would fall under one of The court shall decree the rescission claimed, unless there be just cause authorizing the fixing of a period. This is understood to be without prejudice to the rights of third persons who have acquired the thing, in accordance with Articles 1385 and 1388 and the Mortgage Law. (1124) Extinctive prescription – conversion of civil to natural. Q: Are thes modes exclusive? A: No! In Saura v. DBP, there was a mutual dissent. This also considered as a mode. The Supreme Court said that there was a perfected consensual contract of loan. (mutuum)

those mentioned by law; common result reduction of obligation which falls under condonation; if it would fall under a totally new obligation, it is novation. 1. PAYMENT -

synonymous with performance.

-

May apply to all kinds of obligation.

Rules: a.) As to person who pays. b.) As to whom payment is made. c.) Prestation in obligation. d.) Date, time and place. a.) person who pays.

Q: Aside from it, what are the other modes?

-

A: Death - To the extent of personal obligation to do. It does not extinguish property rights. Eg. Agency – death of an agent; Partnership – death of a partner.

Should be called payor, not only debtor, because third persons may pay.

-

Not every person under the NCC can compel a person to pay except those who have an interest and those who by virtue of stipulation.

Q: Fulfillment of resolutory condition in 1231 pertains to? A: Happening of a resolutory condition. -

-

will of one of the parties in contracts as a general rule does not extinguish obligation. Exception: contracts involving trust and confidence. Partnership without prejudice to the possible liability of partner causing dissolution.

Q: Is happening of a fortuitous event a mode of extinguishment?

Eg. A is indebted to B. X is a 3rd person. Q: Who are those who have interest? A: Joint debtors have interest in the fulfillment of the entire obligation, those who are subsidiary liable. (guarantors, mortgagors, pledgors.) Q: If a third person pays, if he has interest, what happens? A: Subrogation.

A: Fortuitous events are not modes of extinguishment. Only results to loss of the thing due.

-

Insolvency per se is not a mode of extinguishment, there must be a judicial declaration.

-

-

If X is a guarantor, Y is a mortgagor who secured debt, Y pays, he shall be subrogated to the rights of B and can exercise right of a creditor. if X pays B, obligation of A to B is extinguished but accessory obligations are not extinguished. It


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 subsists that is why X can still - Payor must have the capacity to alienate foreclose the mortgage. the thing or has free disposal. Q: A is indebted to B. X pays 100 thousand to B for A’s debt. Does A have a right to recover from A and can he have a right of foreclosure?

b.) as to the person to whom payment is made. - called payee; normally the creditor.

A: It depends. If A consented, he has the right. Q: If before X pays, A partially paid 20 thousand, X paid entire 100 thousand, how much can Y ask for reimbursement?

CASE: Arañas v. Tutaan -

A: Only 80 thousand, that which redounded to the benefit of A. Q: If X pays without the knowledge of A, can he compel A to pay? A: No. He is not subrogated to the rights of B, hence he cannot foreclose the mortgage. “consented” – means debtor failed to object at a reasonable time. Q: X had agreement knowledge of A, can payment made?

with B without he recover the

A: As long as payment was without knowledge, third person shall not be subrogated to the rights of the creditor. (1236-1237)

creditor does not have to be a party. A creditor may be any person who has the right to compel the performance.

Eg. A is indebted to B. But the real payment should be given to Y; even if A pays B, Y can still compel A to pay. -

there is also payment to a person authorize to receive payment; the law may provide. Eg. Payment to a sheriff, executors and administrators.

Q: May payment to extinguish obligation?

a

wrong

person

A: Gen. rule: No! Except: 1. if payment redounded to the benefit of B. Otherwise, obligation is not extinguished. Q: Who has the burden to prove?

Art. 1236. The creditor is not bound to accept payment or performance by a third person who has no interest in the fulfillment of the obligation, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary.

A: No need to prove if: 1. it was ratified by the creditor; 2. principle of estoppel; 3. if the person to whom payment made acquired rights of creditor after the payment.

Whoever pays for another may demand from the debtor what he has paid, except that if he paid without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, he can recover only insofar as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor. (1158a)

Q: Are there any more exceptions?

Art. 1237. Whoever pays on behalf of the debtor without the knowledge or against the will of the latter, cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in his rights, such as those arising from a mortgage, guaranty, or penalty. (1159a) Q: X paid B without any intention of being reimbursed. What if X demanded the return after one week?

A: Yes. If payment was made in good faith to a person in possession of the credit, not a mere possession of the instrument. Q: X (in possession of PN) demanded payment from A when the promissory note became due and demandable, A paid x in good faith. A: Obligation is extinguished. Q: A is indebted to B. However, B dies and is survived by Y. Even if A paid Y, can it be invalidated?

A: Indirect Donation. As far as payment, it is valid and binding. BOGS QUITAIN; TERE MORALES; PAULETTE TONGCUA; TINO OCCIANO; BUDS OCCIANO

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 A: Yes. If the payment was not made in Art. 1249. The payment of debts in money good faith, such as when there is a pending shall be made in the currency stipulated, action to declare Y incapacitated. and if it is not possible to deliver such currency, then in the currency which is legal tender in the Philippines. Q: A is indebted to B. B assigned the credit to X. May it extinguish the assignment? The delivery of promissory notes payable to order, or bills of exchange or other A: Yes. mercantile documents shall produce the effect of payment only when they have c.)Prestation in obligation been cashed, or when through the fault of the creditor they have been impaired. - identity of the obligation; consider the purpose. In the meantime, the action derived from the original obligation shall be held in the General Rule: A partial performance is nonabeyance. (1170) compliance. Q: If check is stale, will the obligation be extinguished?

Except: 1. The parties expressly stipulate. Subject to different terms – integrity of the prestation. Rescission is not a remedy if there is substantial performance.

A obligated himself to deliver 100 sacks to B for 1000 pesos. He only delivered 95. Q: How much can he recover? or

value

Q: When is payment thru check extinguish obligation? A: When it is encashed or through fault of the debtor when it had been impaired.

Case: JM Tuason v. Javier

A: Amount damages.

A: No.

delivered,

less

As to kind of obligation: Q: A is obliged to B. He paid Japanese yen. Is it valid? A: Yes. RA 8183. Payment may be made in any currency as long as stipulated. Before: RA 529-payment not in Philippine currency is prohibited. Q: Can creditor be compelled to accept check? A: No. As stated in New pacific timber v. Señeris. Creditor may refuse to accept check. Before: If Manager or Cashier’s check, it is deemed as cash. Q: If partly check and partly cash? A: Creditor may refuse. Except if stipulated. In Article 1249, it is extinguished if encashed.

Q: B owes A 1M in 1968. A claimed that in 1968, the value of 1M is only 500k compared to the present because of devaluation, hence he claimed 2M base on Art.1250. Art. 1250. In case an extraordinary inflation or deflation of the currency stipulated should supervene, the value of the currency at the time of the establishment of the obligation shall be the basis of payment, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. (n) Is his contention correct? A: No. As decided in the Philippine Pipe Foundry case, the supreme court said “as far as Philippine experience is concerned, there has never been an extraordinary inflation as experienced by Germany in 1920-1923. Art.1250 may only be invoked if the source is a contract. In Velasco v. Meralco, Article 1250 may not be invoked because the source is a quasi delict.” d.)date, time, place Determinate – place where obligation was constituted. Generic – domicile of the debtor. SPECIAL FORMS OF PAYMENT


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 1. Payment by Cession and decion en As to effect pago. payment: Art. 1255. The debtor may cede or assign his property to his creditors in payment of his debts. This cession, unless there is stipulation to the contrary, shall only release the debtor from responsibility for the net proceeds of the thing assigned. The agreements which, on the effect of the cession, are made between the debtor and his creditors shall be governed by special laws. (1175a)

 conventional assignment  requires consent of both parties. CASE: Filinvest v. Philippine Acetylene -

no dation en pago, the delivery of the case was not consented to. Filinvest was only an agent; there was no transfer of ownership.

Dacion en pago As to transfer of ownership: The delivery results to the transfer of ownership, same is true with application of payment.

Cession

No transfer of ownership, creditor only given the power to sell.

of

General rule: Extinguished only as to the extent of value delivered. Exception: unless stipulated upon that anything delivered shall extend the entire obligation.General Rule: governed by law on sales only if the pre- existing obligation is in money.

General Rule: Extinguish only as to the extent of the proceeds of the sale of creditor. Exception: Unless there is an express agreement.

Art. 1245. Dation in payment, whereby property is alienated to the creditor in satisfaction of a debt in money, shall be governed by the law of sales. (n)

Q: If A is to deliver a carabao, but instead gave a refrigerator. Is it dacion en pago on sale? A: No. It is novation. The pre-existing obligation is not in money. CASE: Citizens Surety v. CA -

-

-

no dation en pago if at the time of the transaction there is no obligation. All transactions were executed within one day. The indemnity agreement that they will be liable upon default on payment of surety bond, hence no obligation yet on that day. SC: Dation en pago may pertain to delivery of rights/things.

2. Application of payments: Problem: X is the creditor. A owes him, 100k, 50k, 20k and 10k.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 4. Tender of payment and consignation: 1. debtor ha the right to designate to which payment is to be applied. - tender of payment alone shall never extinguish the obligation. a.) no partial payment. - Actual offering of the amount or thing. b.) to that which is due and demandable, except if payment was made for the benefit of the debtor. 1256 – the only one scenario when tender of payment should be made, when creditor refuses to accept without just cause. c.) If the debt is interest bearing. Rules:

2.) if debtor fails to designate, the creditor may designate. 3.) if both failed to designate: Note: provision for application of payment is not applicable here. 3. that which is most onerous. 4. Proportionate application (provided, it is of the same nature and burden) – if the debts are of different amounts.

Art. 1256. If the creditor to whom tender of payment has been made refuses without just cause to accept it, the debtor shall be released from responsibility by the consignation of the thing or sum due. Consignation alone shall produce the same effect in the following cases: (1) When the creditor is absent or unknown, or does not appear at the place of payment;

Q: How do we determine what is the most onerous?

(2) When he is incapacitated to receive the payment at the time it is due;

A: There is no hard and fast rule. We must consider factors and circumstances.

(3) When, without just cause, he refuses to give a receipt;

3. Payment by cession:

(4) When two or more persons claim the same right to collect;

1255: voluntary assignment consent of the creditor.

requires

Art. 1255. The debtor may cede or assign his property to his creditors in payment of his debts. This cession, unless there is stipulation to the contrary, shall only release the debtor from responsibility for the net proceeds of the thing assigned. The agreements which, on the effect of the cession, are made between the debtor and his creditors shall be governed by special laws. (1175a)

Q: How will the proceeds of the sale be applied? A: 1. based on stipulation. 2. without agreement; rules in concurrence and preference of credits shall be applied. -

debtor must deliver his property to creditor. Resorted to by debtor who is experiencing financial difficulty.

(5) When the title of the obligation has been lost. (1176a) CASE: Soco v. Militante: Q: When may Tender of payment be made judicial? A: No. Tender of payment by its nature is extra judicial. Illustration: Q: There was a sale with right to repurchase. Seller a retro refuses to accept money, an action was filed. Plaintiff said that he is not obliged because there is no tender of payment required. Is his contention correct? A: Yes. No tender of payment is required. No consignation is required in sale with right to repurchase. Q: Is notice required by consignation?


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: To deliver shabu? Is the obligation extinguished? Q: 2nd notice after consignation is required? A: No. This is not a valid obligation therefore no extinguishment. A: Yes. Required but it does not need to come from the debtor, it is in the form of summons. Q: If the thing is lost, who has the burden to prove? Soco v. militante – 2 notices per amount due. A: depends on who is in possession of the thing at the time of the loss. However, this rule is not absolute when the loss occurred Q: When will obligation be extinguished? during the happening of a calamity, like typhoon. A: When creditor accepted, even if debtor A: Yes.

refuses, may extinguish after consignation, it retroacts from the time of delivery.

Q: The obligation was due in January, 1998. There was a tender of payment in January 1, 2000 but was refused. In January 2, 2004, there was consignation. In January 2, 2007 there was a court ruling. Is the debtor liable to pay interest? A: Yes. If from January 1998 he was already in delay, up to consignation if court ruled to be valid. If the consignation was ruled by the court to be invalid, the interest must be from January 1998 till court ruled. According to Sir: however, mora accipiendi.delay of the creditor to accept. Debtor may release himself from the obligation by the consignation of the thing. Q: Can debtor withdraw the consignated money? A: Yes. If the withdrawal is made before acceptance of creditor and before court ruled on the consignation. -

-

if creditor accepted and court ruled, no withdrawal. If no ruling yet, it may be withdrawn if creditor accepted. Revival without consent of accessory – creditor is released.

LOSS

Read: Art 1265 and Art 1262. Art. 1265. Whenever the thing is lost in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the loss was due to his fault, unless there is proof to the contrary, and without prejudice to the provisions of article 1165. This presumption does not apply in case of earthquake, flood, storm, or other natural calamity. (1183a) Art. 1262. An obligation which consists in the delivery of a determinate thing shall be extinguished if it should be lost or destroyed without the fault of the debtor, and before he has incurred in delay. When by law or stipulation, the obligor is liable even for fortuitous events, the loss of the thing does not extinguish the obligation, and he shall be responsible for damages. The same rule applies when the nature of the obligation requires the assumption of risk. (1182a) Q: In an agreement between A and B for construction of house, proceeds shall be equally distributed from the sale. B didn’t give his share in the house because of the high price of materials. A filed an action. May court grant the action? A: Yes. Because the event of increase of price is foreseen. 1267 is not applicable.

CASE: Occeña v. Jacobsen

When not valid? -

when it goes out of commerce. Prohibited by law.

-

Impossibility of performance.

-

court can’t change agreement of the parties.

1267 – only difficulty not impossibility. Art. 1267. When the service has become so difficult as to be manifestly beyond the contemplation of the parties, the obligor


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 may also be released therefrom, in whole Q: If evidence of interest is found in or in part. (n) debtor’s possession, is there necessarily condonation? 1264 – depends on the intention of the parties. A: No, may be through other modes, like payment. Art. 1264. The courts shall determine whether, under the circumstances, the Q: A is the creditor of 100k to B. X, a third partial loss of the object of the obligation is party, pledged his car to B. May the pledged so important as to extinguish the car be used as condonation? obligation. (n) A: Determine first the status of X. Whether CONDONATION OR REMISSION he is the owner or for what the pledge is for. “donation of a credit” Then state the accessory v. principal. Not X. Because A and B are the parties in the 1272 – refers to “private document only” . principal obligation; there is only a If public document, it needs many copies. presumption of X on part of the accessory obligation of the pledge. Art. 1270. Condonation or remission is essentially gratuitous, and requires the acceptance by the obligor. It may be made expressly or impliedly. One and the other kind shall be subject to the rules which govern inofficious donations. Express condonation shall, furthermore, comply with the forms of donation. (1187)

CONFUSION OR MERGER OF RIGHTS Art. 1275. The obligation is extinguished from the time the characters of creditor and debtor are merged in the same person. (1192a)

Art. 1271. The delivery of a private document evidencing a credit, made voluntarily by the creditor to the debtor, implies the renunciation of the action which the former had against the latter.

Q: May it be made through agreement of parties?

If in order to nullify this waiver it should be claimed to be inofficious, the debtor and his heirs may uphold it by proving that the delivery of the document was made in virtue of payment of the debt. (1188)

Q: By operation of law, can there be confusion?

Art. 1272. Whenever the private document in which the debt appears is found in the possession of the debtor, it shall be presumed that the creditor delivered it voluntarily, unless the contrary is proved. (1189)

Q: debtor died, creditor is an heir, can confusion take place?

Q: X owes A 1M, he lends the same amount to A. Is there condonation? A: Maybe, remitted.

if

payment

of

interest

is

Q: If evidence of interest is found in debtor X? Is it condonation? A: No.

A: May be. It depends upon the intention. Ex. Merger of rights of a corporation.

A: By succession, creditor died, debtor is son or daughter.

A: there can be, when there is acceptance. Q: A is indebted to B. The debt is secured by a mortgage by M on B. Can there be a confusion of B and M? A: No. Q: If there is an agreement? A: No. It will be subrogation. If B assigned his rights to M, but still obligation is not extinguished. Q: Will confusion extinguishment?


result

in

total

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 A: No. In cases of joint obligations, in 1277. Q: In compensation, how many debts are involved? Art. 1277. Confusion does not extinguish a joint obligation except as regards the share A: 2 or more debts. corresponding to the creditor or debtor in whom the two characters concur. (1194) Q: Which debts will be extinguished?

COMPENSATION Q: If 2 or ore persons are debtors and creditors, will there be compensation? A: No, the requirements must be complied with. – Art. 1279 Art. 1279. In order that compensation may be proper, it is necessary: (1) That each one of the obligors be bound principally, and that he be at the same time a principal creditor of the other; (2) That both debts consist in a sum of money, or if the things due are consumable, they be of the same kind, and also of the same quality if the latter has been stated;

A: Less onerous amount. Q: A owes B the following, 50k, 100k, 75k, 225k, 100k. B owes A 100k. How many of the debts will be totally extinguished? A: 2 debts of A and debt of B. Q: A paid 100k to B. A has the following debts to B; 50k, 25k, 10k. How many debts are extinguished? A: 3 debts compensation balance.

are extinguished. Partial because there is still a

Q: How many kinds of compensation are there? A: 4: legal, judicial.

conventional,

facultative,

(3) That the two debts be due;

Q: In some books, there facultative is removed, why?

(4) That they be liquidated and demandable;

A: It is a modification only of conventional.

(5) That over neither of them there be any retention or controversy, commenced by third persons and communicated in due time to the debtor. (1196) Q: In compensation, is it a reciprocal obligation? A: Not necessarily. Q: When is it a reciprocal obligation? A: Reciprocal obligations arise from a single transaction; contract of sale. Q: What about legal compensation? Will it take place in reciprocal obligations? A: Not necessarily. In reciprocal obligations, there can be none. Q: In partial compensation, is debt totally extinguished? A: No. Extinguished as to at least one debt.

Q: What are compensation?

the

are

other

three;

names

of

must

be

A: set off or counterclaim. Q: Not really the same because? A: Set-off and counterclaim invoked in courts of law. Q: What distinguishes conventional?

legal

from

A: As to requirements, not the same. In legal, all requirements should be present, in conventional, not necessary that all requirements are present. i.e. different amounts or objects; one debt is not yet due. Q: Give an example of facultative. A: Support. Invoked by the one who claims for support. Q: A opened a checking account with a bank, he borrowed money with the same


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 bank. A failed to pay, Bank invoked CASE: International Corp. Bank v. IAC compensation. A said that his checking account is depositum. Is his claim tenable? Facts: Villanueva applied a loan from ICB for 50M. Only 1M was delivered by the A: No. In a checking account, the bank is bank. The loan was secured by a mortgage, the creditor, A is a debtor governed by which is 110 M asset. Villanueva deposited mutuum, hence compensation can’t take 1M to ICB. He invoked compensation. place. SC: Since there was a question on the Q: When is there a deposit? foreclosure sale, there was no legal compensation. A: If the delivery is only for safe keeping. CASE: Solinap v. del Rosario Q: Other kind of facultative. Facts: The lessee did not pay rentals. He invoked that the lessor had made A: In case of commodatum, bailor can advancements. invoke. In a civil case/penal, invoke by injured party. SC: No legal compensation because alleged debt were being questioned in the estate CASE: PNB v. Acero proceedings. PNB invoked: No legal compensation, the credit line was used, lawyer of PNB claimed that credit line was shown to Acero. -

you don’t prove a fact by showing it to the other party.

Q: A is indebted to B with G as guarantor. Can G invoke compensation?

-

no legal compensation if debts arise from depositum, commodatum, civil liability arising from crime.

Q: A is the creditor of B worth 100k secured by a mortgage. B gave 50k. If there is a partial compensation, will the mortgage be extinguished?

A: No. they are not debtors and creditors to each other. The law requires that they are principally bound.

A: Not necessarily. It depends which debt is most onerous.

CASE: Sycip V. CA

A: Yes. Mortgage will be extinguished.

SC: debtors and creditors should be debtors and creditors in their own rights.

Q: B is indebted to A for 100k which is interest bearing. B gave 50 k to A. Will there be payment of interest even after payment of compensation?

CASE: Francia v. IAC SC: There is no compensation when Francia paid real property tax to the LG of Pasay. The national government was the one who expropriated. -

compensation takes place if debt became due at the same time.

Q: Monetary contracts?

debts

must

arise

from

A: Depends. If there is total compensation, no interest will be paid. If partial, depends on whose debt is bigger. Q: Will partial compensation extinguished by prescription?

be

A: Yes. Partial compensation does not toll the running of the period. ASSIGNMENT OF THE CREDIT

A: Not necessarily. Eg. Attorneys fees Q: Are all monetary debts compensation?

Q: If there is total compensation, will the mortgage be extinguished?

subject

to

Q: On January 1, 2002, A owes B 100k. B assigned the credit to C on June 1, 2002. Can C demand payment from A?

A: No. Custom duties. (Francia v. IAC) BOGS QUITAIN; TERE MORALES; PAULETTE TONGCUA; TINO OCCIANO; BUDS OCCIANO

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 A: Determine when the assignment was 2. extinctive. made; if made after both obligation was due and demandable, there will already be 3. modificatory. compensation. Q: What if A paid B 50k in May 1, 2002? How much can C claim? A: 50k. He must ask B for the other 50k. Q: In the same case, the debt is demandable on May 1, 2002. The credit was assigned to on March 1, 2002. May D validly demand it on the same date? A: No. The obligation is not yet due. Q: A owes B 100k due and demandable on May 1, 2003. B assigned it to X on April 1, 2003. A made the following payments to B: 20k-March 1, 2003; 30K-June 1, 2003; 40kdecemeber 1, 2003. On May 1, 2003, how much may X validly demand? A: It depends: If A had knowledge of assignment of X and he consented with reservation, X may claim 90k, if he consented without reservation, 100k. If it was without knowledge of A, X may claim 10k.

NOVATION I. II. III.

Subjective/Personal Objective/Real Mixed

Art. 1291. Obligations may be modified by: (1) Changing their object or principal conditions; (2) Substituting the person of the debtor; (3) Subrogating a third person in the rights of the creditor. (1203.) I. Subjective: A. Active – third person is subrogated in the rights of the creditor. B. Passive – substitution of the person of the debtor. * other classifications: 1. express or implied.

Eg. Prescription Q: In ACTIVE SUBJECTIVE, operative word is subrogated. When does this happen? A: 1. by agreement (express); 2. art. 1302 – legal subrogation. a. Third Party pays creditor without consent of debtor. b. TP who has an interest pays creditor with or without consent of debtor. c. Creditor of debtor pays creditor of the same debtor. Art. 1302. It is presumed that there is legal subrogation: (1) When a creditor pays another creditor who is preferred, even without the debtor's knowledge; (2) When a third person, not interested in the obligation, pays with the express or tacit approval of the debtor; (3) When, even without the knowledge of the debtor, a person interested in the fulfillment of the obligation pays, without prejudice to the effects of confusion as to the latter's share. (1210a) Q: In PASSIVE SUBJECTIVE, operative word is substitution. When does this happen? A: 1. Expromission – substitution was made without knowledge or against will of original debtor. 2. delegacion – substitution was made with knowledge of debtor. Q: A is indebted to B. A mortgaged to B his property worth 100k. B is indebted to C, 100k also. If A does not pay, can C foreclose the mortgage? A: No. He was not subrogated. DELEGACION – there is already subrogation, therefore, C may foreclose the mortgage.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 if there is already There was a lease contract entered into for 5 years. Another contract was entered into novation through for 10 years. The contention is that the 2 nd delegacion, no agreement is void, therefore novation is consent of original void. debtor is void.  If payment consented to by A, CASE: Ronquillo v. CA no novation, subrogation. (1236Facts: The obligation was due in 1952, In 1237) 1967, debtor acknowledge debt and promised to pay. Since it is now Art. 1236. The creditor is not bound to transformed to a natural obligation, will the accept payment or performance by a third action for novation prosper? person who has no interest in the fulfillment of the obligation, unless there is SC: Even natural obligations may be a stipulation to the contrary. subject of novation. 

Whoever pays for another may demand from the debtor what he has paid, except that if he paid without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, he can recover only insofar as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor. (1158a) Art. 1237. Whoever pays on behalf of the debtor without the knowledge or against the will of the latter, cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in his rights, such as those arising from a mortgage, guaranty, or penalty. (1159a)

Q: X is the creditor of A, B and C for 10M. After 3 months, C paid 10M to X without the knowledge of A and B. After 6 months A and B paid 7M to X. May A and B recover the 7M from X? A: if voluntarily given, the creditor can retain. According to sir: It is actually a payment by mistake therefore solution indebiti. 

Effect of Insolvency of new debtor: -

If C becomes insolvent after substitution, A is no longer liable. If C was already insolvent at the time of substitution, A can’t be held liable if no knowledge except if he acted in Bad Faith or such insolvency is of public knowledge.

A. Change in object – no problem, eg. Money to celphone (art.1245) Art. 1245. Dation in property is alienated satisfaction of a debt governed by the law of

II. CONTRACTS -

II. Objective

payment, whereby to the creditor in in money, shall be sales. (n)

B. Change in principal obligation: a. express b. implied * if 2 obligations can’t stand together, there is novation, there is incompatibility. * there was novation in FOA and the Villar case.

In natural obligations, payor knows he can’t be compelled to pay but nonetheless pays.

while all contracts are agreements, not all agreements are contracts.

Prohibited: -

Auto contracts – a person contracts himself. article 1491.

Art. 1491. The following persons cannot acquire by purchase, even at a public or judicial auction, either in person or through the mediation of another: (1) The guardian, the property of the person or persons who may be under his guardianship; (2) Agents, the property whose administration or sale may have been entrusted to them, unless the


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 consent of the principal has been Example: given; a. for agent to waive accounting. (3) Executors and administrators, the property of the estate under b. pactum commisorium administration; (4) Public officers and employees, the property of the State or of any subdivision thereof, or of any government-owned or controlled corporation, or institution, the administration of which has been intrusted to them; this provision shall apply to judges and government experts who, in any manner whatsoever, take part in the sale; (5) Justices, judges, prosecuting attorneys, clerks of superior and inferior courts, and other officers and employees connected with the administration of justice, the property and rights in litigation or levied upon an execution before the court within whose jurisdiction or territory they exercise their respective functions; this prohibition includes the act of acquiring by assignment and shall apply to lawyers, with respect to the property and rights which may be the object of any litigation in which they may take part by virtue of their profession. (6) Any others specially disqualified by law. (1459a)

c. partnership, exclusive partner sharing profits – pactum aliena

from

mortgage – pactum aliendro

d. Public policy: CASE: Cui v. Arellano -

scholarship in law school must not be contrary to public policy.

CASE: Saura v. Sandico -

-

Escalation clause – ex. Construction contracts. Creditor has right to demand a higher compensation upon the happening of a contingency. Ex. Contract of loan (interest). Acceleration clause – stipulation whereby in an obligation to pay on installment, balance shall automatically become due and demandable when debtor fails to pay.

Q: Will an escalation clause be valid when there is no descalation clause?

Natural – implied warranties.

A: It is relevant only in contracts of loan; only effect of circular issued by the Central Bank provided the escalation clause only happens once a year.

Essential – Consent, Object, Consideration

2. Consensuality:

Accidental – (compensatory)

Art. 1306. The contracting parties may establish such stipulations, clauses, terms and conditions as they may deem convenient, provided they are not contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order, or public policy. (1255a)

ELEMENTS OF A CONTRACT:

payment

of

interest.

CHARACTERISTICS: 1. Autonomy – freedom of contract/liberty of contract.

CASE: Republic v. PLDT

Art. 1306. The contracting parties may establish such stipulations, clauses, terms and conditions as they may deem convenient, provided they are not contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order, or public policy. (1255a)

Validity of contracts of adhesion:

Void waiver:

CASE: Ong Yu v. CA

-

to compel PLDT to enter into interconnection agreements is actually expropriation.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 plaintiff bought ticket from PAL, have clearly and deliberately conferred a favor upon a third person. (1257a) eventually he lost his baggage. In the ticket it contained a waiver of a right. General rule: Contracts take effect only between parties, their assigns and heirs. SC: waiver of a right in a contract of adhesion are not considered gladly by Exceptions: the Supreme Court. -

3. Mutuality: compliance.

goes to validity and

1. creation of real rights Q: A mortgaged his land to B and eventually A sold it to C. Can C be bound by the mortgage?

Art. 1308. The contract must bind both contracting parties; its validity or compliance cannot be left to the will of one of them. (1256a)  termination by mere notice – valid.

A: Yes. 2. Interference by a third party.

4.Obligatory: Art. 1315. Contracts are perfected by mere consent, and from that moment the parties are bound not only to the fulfillment of what has been expressly stipulated but also to all the consequences which, according to their nature, may be in keeping with good faith, usage and law. (1258) Q: When is a contract obligatory? A: Upon perfection of the contract.

Art. 1314. Any third person who induces another to violate his contract shall be liable for damages to the other contracting party. (n) Requisites: -

existence of a valid contract knowledge of contract by persons

-

interference by third persons without legal justification or excuse.

Q: When is a contract perfected? A: It depends if it is consensual (concurrence between the offer and acceptance), real (like deposit, pledge, commodatum requires delivery), formal/solemn (requires compliance with certain formalities prescribed by law).

third

Q: A has a contract with GMA. Subsequently, A entered a contract with ABS-CBN. A was in bad faith. May ABS CBN be liable? A: No. To be liable there must be malice impugned. Third Party liability does not impugn liability of debtor who violated.

5. Relativity:

3. Contracts in fraud of creditors:

Art. 1311. Contracts take effect only between the parties, their assigns and heirs, except in case where the rights and obligations arising from the contract are not transmissible by their nature, or by stipulation or by provision of law. The heir is not liable beyond the value of the property he received from the decedent.

Q: A is the debtor of B. A sold his property to C. May B rescind the contract between A and C?

If a contract should contain some stipulation in favor of a third person, he may demand its fulfillment provided he communicated his acceptance to the obligor before its revocation. A mere incidental benefit or interest of a person is not sufficient. The contracting parties must

A: Yes. 4. Stipulation pour atrui – stipulation in favor of third persons. It is not the main agreement. CASE: Kaufman v. PNB CASE: Florentino v. Encarnacion -

acceptance may be implied.

CASE: Bonifacio bros. v. Mira


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enforcement of insurance.

Notes in Civil Law Review 2 »now no distinction, NCC governs

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTS: A: Degree of Dependence 1) principal (agency, partnership) 2) accessory (Real Estate Mortgage, Chattel Morgtage, Pledge, Antichresis) example: crop loan scenario

B. As to Perfection 1) Real (Pledge, Commodatum, Mutuum. Deposit) 2) Formal (antichresis; donation) C. Purpose D. As to cause 1) onerous 2) pure beneficience a) gratuitous b) lucrative »liberality id the consideration 3) remuneratory » seller (payment); buyer (deliver) E. Risk of Fulfillment 1) Aleatory » sale of hope – emptio spei » risk of fulfillment » insurance »life annuity 2) commutative F. Name and Designation 1) Nominate 2) innominate G. As to subject matter 1) Things 2) Right 3) Services PAQIII/Oct2007

III. SALES - there must be an agreement to transfer ownership. Q: A sold goods to B for purpose of resale, Y bought goods from X for personal consumption. What law shall govern this contract? A: NCC and Code of Commerce, A-B commercial sale Y-X civil sale

Characteristics: 1. principal 2. bilateral-imposes obligations on two parties 3. nominate 4. onerous- always! otherwise donation 5. commutative- emptio spei Subject matter: » things and rights, service is not included As to object: a. movable b. immoxable Concepts involve: a) Recto Law- personal prop by installment b) Maceda- immovable c) double sale d) Statute of Frauds Q: As to WON tangible/intangible? A: corporeal (things); incorporeal (rights) Q: relevant as to what concept? A: delivery Q: As to validity? A: void, unenforceable, rescissible, voidable Q: 1458 2nd par: provides for? A: absolute/conditional sale: » In an absolute sale there is an automatic transfer of ownership while in conditional sale, there is a reservation of ownership. Art. 1458. By the contract of sale one of the contracting parties obligates himself to transfer the ownership and to deliver a determinate thing, and the other to pay therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent. A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. (1445a)

Q: Conditional sale vs. contract to sell A: In conditional sale, ownership depends on the happening of condition and it take place by operation of law. In contract to sell, ownership passes after full payment passes. There is no automatic transfer, buyer have right to ask execute final deed.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: A delivered receipt to B “as partial Buyer- acquisition of ownership over payment to my car”, received by D, balance the thing. payable at the end of the month, signed by 3. Object A. Is this contract pertaining to a »Contracts which are void: Absolutely contract to sell? simulated contract (parties voluntarily entered) A: NO, there is already transfer of ex. To defraud creditors, wife hide property ownership, there was no reservation as to from husband, buyer go abroad. ownership. relatively simulated- why? To reduce tax dacion en pago vs. contract of sale liability, circumvent law on legitime »dacion en pago is a mode of extinguishing obli, it is a pecial form of payment; while SPECIFIC PERSONS PROHIBITED TO contract of sale is a source of obli. ENTER INTO SALE Guardian- absolute Q: Kobe & companion B is to buy shoes, Agent- administration/sale B’shoes to be delivered, upon payment, Kobe ordered a particular shoe. Q: A inherited property from father to transfer property; executor to pay 700k, A: Kobe- contract of piece of work status? B- contract of sale »contract for a piece of work under A: valid; Assignment of rights which A can (Aticle1467) is also called Massachusetts validly sell, not part of the estate under Y’s Rule administration. Art. 1467. A contract for the delivery at a certain price of an article which the vendor in the ordinary course of his business manufactures or procures for the general market, whether the same is on hand at the time or not, is a contract of sale, but if the goods are to be manufactured specially for the customer and upon his special order, and not for the general market, it is a contract for a piece of work. (n)

Q: A to deliver his car to B, B to give A his watch plus money, 100k. What law should govern? A: 1st. depends on manifest intention of parties. Barter = value of thing given as a part of consideration > money/its equivalent; if value of watch >100k Sale- if same value Q: A granted B exclusive right (right to sell within a specific area) to sell maong pants to Isabela, before B could sell, his store was burned, can B be compelled to pay? A: contract of sale bec. There is a stipulation. B is a distributor/dealer 99.99% » Quiroga vs. Parsons- “will supply the bed and pay price within a certain period”. No obli to remit the price, no stipulation. ELEMENTS OF SALE: 1. Consent 2. Price- consideration as to whom? The seller.

Q: a sued B for recovery of a parcel of land, hired lawyer, one year after filing, entered into a contract of sale with B involving the land. A: not valid. object of sale is subject to litigation-actually depends. WON the case is still pending. Q: 1491 status of contracts A:GR: voidable Except: agents- subject to ratification Par.1,2,3 voidable- can be ratified »private interests is involved. 4,5,6 void 1,2,3 can be ratified because after lapse of incapacity, another contract maybe entered into Rubias VS. Materia Wolfgang vs. Martinez Art. 1491. The following persons cannot acquire by purchase, even at a public or judicial auction, either in person or through the mediation of another: (1) The guardian, the property of the person or persons who may be under his guardianship; (2) Agents, the property whose administration or sale may have been entrusted to them, unless the consent of the principal has been given;


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 (3) Executors and administrators, the seller had, unless the owner of the the property of the estate under goods is by his conduct precluded from administration; denying the seller's authority to sell. (4) Public officers and employees, the property of the State or of any subdivision thereof, or of any government-owned or controlled corporation, or institution, the administration of which has been intrusted to them; this provision shall apply to judges and government experts who, in any manner whatsoever, take part in the sale; (5) Justices, judges, prosecuting attorneys, clerks of superior and inferior courts, and other officers and employees connected with the administration of justice, the property and rights in litigation or levied upon an execution before the court within whose jurisdiction or territory they exercise their respective functions; this prohibition includes the act of acquiring by assignment and shall apply to lawyers, with respect to the property and rights which may be the object of any litigation in which they may take part by virtue of their profession. (6) Any others specially disqualified by law. (1459a)

Q: If both parties are capacitated to give consent, contract of sale valid? A: not necessarily because consent of one might had been vitiated.

Nothing in this Title, however, shall affect: (1) The provisions of any factors' act, recording laws, or any other provision of law enabling the apparent owner of goods to dispose of them as if he were the true owner thereof; (2) The validity of any contract of sale under statutory power of sale or under the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; (3) Purchases made in a merchant's store, or in fairs, or markets, in accordance with the Code of Commerce and special laws. (n)

Q: contract of sale involving alien. A: depends; if private agricultural, if he is seller, valid. If he is the buyer, GR: NO. XPN: former natural born citizen. Q: All matters could be a valid subject matter of sale. A: every matter that can be a subject matter of contracts in general can be subject matter of sale (service, things, and rights). Service CAN NOT BE A SUBJECT MATTER OF SALE Q: For rights to be a valid subject matter. of sale, what are the requirements? »for rights- conclusively presumed to be valid

Q: A person sold a thing to another in representation of another person without authority, status?

A: must be transmissible

A: unenforceable

A: assignment of rights

Q: can it be valid?

Q: if deed of assignment

A: Yes, in case of statutory power to sell 1505; officious manager, executor notary public (where pledgor can go to NP to have the thing sold).

A: sale? Not necessarily, if gratuitousdonation, maybe dation in payment, or a security arrangement.

Art. 1505. Subject to the provisions of this Title, where goods are sold by a person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than

Q: Sale of the right, known as?

Q: rights arising from contracts A: rights and obligations arising from contracts are transmissible XPN: NATURE, STIP, LAW (right in specific partnership property)


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: As to things to be valid subject matter? Q: agreement A-B specific car, price is 500k yen. A: determinate, capable of being determinate A: valid, if so stipulated, 1458 “in money” example: buying a car in the casa outside commerce of man, corpse Art. 1458. By the contract of sale one of Q: Agreement between A&B, A sell palay the contracting parties obligates himself to that will be harvested this November. transfer the ownership and to deliver a Q: Status of sale determinate thing, and the other to pay therefor a price certain in money or its A: sale is valid. equivalent. Q: if no palay is harvested, A is liable

Q: if not in money, valid?

A: GR: Yes, liable, if he was at FAULT, except if reason was a FE

A: “its equivalent”

Q: sale of a sweepstakes ticket status?

Q: can seller compel of lapad?

A: depends, if winning ticket not void

A: stipulated, RA8183 (currency stipulated) repealed RA 529 (only in philippine currency)

Q: A sold B land with right of repurchase within one year, 3rd month sold to C. what if on the 6th month, A offered to repurchase land status of sale A: Sale maybe valid. 1465 » 1. things (ownership over the thing) subject to a resolutory condition may be the object of the contract of sale. 2. validity of contract requires Consent, Price, Object, the fact that it is present, sale is valid

Q: why RA 529-because of dollar reserves problem A: at that time, RA 8183, our dollar reserves improved Q: sell specific car, amount of two academic load, 2 semesters status, valid?

Art. 1465. Things subject to a resolutory condition may be the object of the contract of sale. (n)

A: No! Gross inadequacy of price=lesion -does not invalidate contract of sale -guardian ,more than ¼ of value, contract of absentee

Q: Who will have a better right?

Q: A & B-price fixed by 3rd person

A: GR: A EXCEPT: C was a buyer in GF, no knowledge of right of repurchase and right to repurchase WAS NOT ANNOTATED

A: void if 3rd person refuse/unwilling to fix the price Q: one peso as value of car

Q: when is a sale of right perfected?

A: maybe donation/vitiation of consent

A: upon meeting of the minds, consensual contract

Q: parties to option agreement

Q: does it bind 3rd person? A: No, unless in writing (public instrument) Q: if in public instrument, binding already? A: only requirement in real property Q: deed of sale, no price mentioned, valid? A: sale maybe valid.

A: promisor, promissee; offeror;offeree optioner,optionee »earnest money depends if perfected as to object,price SOF-goes only to enforceability not validity of sale! 1487=1356

Art. 1487. The expenses for the execution and registration of the sale shall be borne by the vendor, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary. (1455a)


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1356. Contracts shall be obligatory, in  if option contract perfected, optionee whatever form they may have been nay file for damages in case of entered into, provided all the essential breach requisites for their validity are present.  option money- separated & distinct However, when the law requires that a from the price contract be in some form in order that it Q: May a person sell something he does may be valid or enforceable, or that a not own? contract be proved in a certain way, that requirement is absolute and indispensable. A: As to validity, Yes! Sale will always be In such cases, the right of the parties valid even if not owned; ownership of stated in the following article cannot be the thing has nothing to do with validity exercised. (1278a) Q: What do you call a sale where a person may sell something he does not Q: sale of ballpen 2k worth,valid? own? Enforceable? A: Statutory Power to sell- 1505 A: value ‡ worth ‡ price, if sold to<400 1358- not a requirement for the validity Q: When should the seller has the right of contract to sell? - only goes to the enforceability A: At the time ownership is to pass  If seller has no right to sell, buyer Art. 1358. The following must appear in a acquires no better right public document: SCENARIOS WHEN SELLER HAS NO RIGHT TO SELL BUT OWNERSHIP IS (1) Acts and contracts which have TRANSFERRED TO THE BUYER for their object the creation, transmission, modification or 1) ESTOPPEL extinguishment of real rights over a) equitable estoppel/estoppel in immovable property; sales of real pais property or of an interest therein a -led 3rd person to believe… governed by Articles 1403, No. 2, b) estoppel by deed-technical and 1405; estoppel -Art.1434 (2) The cession, repudiation or renunciation of hereditary rights or Q: Who is estopped? of those of the conjugal partnership of gains; A: the owner,that the seller has no authority to sell (3) The power to administer property, or any other power which has for its object an act appearing or which should appear in a public document, or should prejudice a third person; (4) The cession of actions or rights proceeding from an act appearing in a public document. All other contracts where the amount involved exceeds five hundred pesos must appear in writing, even a private one. But sales of goods, chattels or things in action are governed by Articles, 1403, No. 2 and 1405. (1280a) OPTION 

founded upon a consideration-no withdrawal allowed

c) estoppel by record-also technical estoppel -estafa,owner testified that he is not the owner to free the accused (said authorized even not) 2)MERCHANT STORE + GF * unlawful & stolen-with reimbursement- Art.559 * not unlawful- no recoveryArt.1505 Art. 1505. Subject to the provisions of this Title, where goods are sold by a person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had, unless the owner of the


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 goods is by his conduct precluded from A: Quasi-tradition-what is delivered is a denying the seller's authority to sell. right -1501 Nothing in this Title, however, shall affect: (1) The provisions of any factors' act, recording laws, or any other provision of law enabling the apparent owner of goods to dispose of them as if he were the true owner thereof; (2) The validity of any contract of sale under statutory power of sale or under the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; (3) Purchases made in a merchant's store, or in fairs, or markets, in accordance with the Code of Commerce and special laws. (n)

2) GF

SALE BY AN APPARENT OWNER +

recording laws-land registration decree –(now involves forgery) b) factor acts(old term for agency) sale made by agents c) any other law- ex.goods covered by NDT incase of bearer document when negotiated a)

Art. 559. The possession of movable property acquired in good faith is equivalent to a title. Nevertheless, one who has lost any movable or has been unlawfully deprived thereof may recover it from the person in possession of the same. If the possessor of a movable lost or which the owner has been unlawfully deprived, has acquired it in good faith at a public sale, the owner cannot obtain its return without reimbursing the price paid therefor. (464a) Art. 1501. With respect to incorporeal property, the provisions of the first paragraph of article 1498 shall govern. In any other case wherein said provisions are not applicable, the placing of the titles of ownership in the possession of the vendee or the use by the vendee of his rights, with the vendor's consent, shall be understood as a delivery. (1464) Q: Public instrument, signed by notary, ownership passes? A: No,because appear

contrary

intention

may

Q: If bought from merchant store, is it possible to recover?

CASE:MAPALO VS. MAPALO

A: Yes, if buyer is in BF

Q: If at the time of the signing, buyer has no knowledge of defect of title of seller?

Q: In GF,can owner recover? A: Yes +reimbursement

A: May not be considered in GF bec. GF should exist up to the full payment

CASE:SunBros.vs.Velasco(refrigerator)

Q: When can seller have possession if thing not lost/stolen?

*Buyer cannot recover if thing was not lost/stolen Q: lady owned a painting w/c was stolen from her, owner of house bought from gallery auction, can she recover? A: Yes even w/o reimbursement public sale ‡ gallery auction Q: lady owned a necklace w/c was stolen can the lady recover? A: Yes, Art. 559 Q: If delivery of certificate of ownership there is transfer of ownership-ex: TCT, OCT

A: If he acts as a depositary Q: When can there be a ownership even w/o delivery?

transfer

of

A: None! Ownership is transferred only upon delivery Q: How many kinds of delivery are there? A:

Two kinds 1) Actual/Physical 2)Constructive a) symbolica b) tradition brevi mano c) longa mano d) constitutum possesorium


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 e) formal delivery Q: When can buyer bears loss? * there should be delivery= contract + possession delivery of public A: If buyer is in delay instrument=formal delivery *RES PERIT DOMINO XPN: 1) stipulation of reservation of Q: Delivery where seller still in possession? ownership 2) security title-ownership was A: constitutum possessorium retained only for purposes of Symbolica- key to the place where security goods are located -buyer bears the lost Longa Manu- why cant be delivered? -may only be depository Lawyers Cooperative Case DOUBLE SALE INSTANCES WHERE SELLER STILL THE OWNER DESPITE DELIVERY a) conditional sale- ownership passess upon fulfillment of condition bec. Ownership was reserved b) sale/trial approval returnownership is transferred already but the buyer may revert title back to the seller c) sale on installment- not necessarily depends on stipulation 1502(2)- Read instances when buyer deem to have accepted goods

Art. 1502. When goods are delivered to the buyer "on sale or return" to give the buyer an option to return the goods instead of paying the price, the ownership passes to the buyer of delivery, but he may revest the ownership in the seller by returning or tendering the goods within the time fixed in the contract, or, if no time has been fixed, within a reasonable time. (n)

Q: lapse of 12 hrs. will it be reasonable time as acceptance? A: Yes, depending on the circumstances i.e. perishable goods Q: Contract to sell, when does ownership pass?

Q: A sold to B, A sold the same thing to C who took possession A: depends on who registered it in GF. One must be in GF at the time of the possession Q: if both A&B did not take possession, did not register, is it possible for B to have a better right? A: if A was in BF; Immovable: Registration of deed of sale in GF Q: A 1st registered w/ knowledge of 2nd sale? A: A has a better right, no knowledge of defect at the time of sale Q:A 1st register w/ knowledge of 1st sale? A: 2nd buyer has better right Q: no possession, can 2nd buyer have a right? Such as when A sold to B who leased same land to A while A sold the same land to C. Who has a better right? A: B has a better right. B 1 st took possession, B deemed to be in legal possession Q: A sold land to B (took possession) A--------C (judgment CR sold; Buyer, registered w/o knowledge of 1st sale

A: Upon full payment?when? -execution of final deed of sale

Can B have a better right?

Q: if thing is lost/destroyed, who is liable?

A: Yes, if land is unregistered land, 1544 does not apply

A: First to consider if due to FE, who is at FAULT GR: if who is at fault, liable

Art. 1544. If the same thing should have been sold to different vendees, the ownership shall be transferred to the person who may have first taken possession thereof in good faith, if it should be movable property.


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Should it be immovable property, the A: Buyer may accept ownership shall belong to the person contract price acquiring it who in good faith first recorded it in the Registry of Property. Q: if only 93 sq.m. Should there be no inscription, the ownership shall pertain to the person who in good faith was first in the possession; and, in the absence thereof, to the person who presents the oldest title, provided there is good faith. (1473)

Q: Delivery to common carrier=delivery to buyer? A: depends on stipulation & reservation of ownership by seller Q: As to bill of lading, no delivery to buyer when? A: on the face of bill of lading deliverable to the seller

A: accept 8, reject excess Q: if less? A: if agreed to partial delivery, may be compelled to accept Q: if to deliver 8, only delivered 7 dozens & never delivered 1 dozen A: WON at the time he accepted 7 dozens buyer knows that seller will not deliver balance If knows- contract rate Does not know- FMV Q: To deliver 1 sack durado, wagwag, when is the sale void? A: When what is to be indivisible, buyer may reject

delivered

is

Q: Call seller demand increase in price of sale of land? A: If lump sum-No! If per unit measure- Yes! Q: Price 1K-100 sq.m.area delivered is greater

payment

of

A: Remedies of buyer a) may accept, proportional reduction b) specific performance c) damages »less than 1/10 rescission is not a remedy Rescission- remedy if buyer could prove that he would not have bought land if less than… Q: Is it possible for buyer to have the right to rescind if 100 sq.m. was delivered A: Yes if land is inferior quality or if value is less than 1/10 of the value Q: Bound to deliver upon perfection of sale A: Not necessarily 1. stip as to period 2. no payment purchase price

Q: delivery to the common carrier-delivery to buyer? When? A: if bill is not retained by seller Q: delivered 10 dozens, 8 dozens was only delivered

+

of

Q: If parties agreed…delivery after 5 days; is he obliged to make deliver? When not obliged? A: not obliged to deliver if buyer does not pay yet Not yet obliged-when the buyer loses the right to make use of the period 1198 if buyer became insolvent?-if he delivers a security PLACE OF DELIVERY 1) stipulation 2) place fixed by usage of trade 3) depends on nature of object determinate-where thing is located at time of perfection generic- seller’s place USAGE OF TRADE F.O.B.-free on board-seller shall only be liable to shoulder expenses up to port of origin C.I.F.-cost insurance freight -delivery already taken place at port of origin F.O.B.-port of origin(Mla) -port of destination(Cebu) »”these shipping arrangements are only presumptions, parties may still stipulate manner & payment” – SC OBLIGATION TO WARRANT


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Caveat emptor- not adopted by 4) act imputable to the seller after the sale Phil.Law; (non-payment of taxes, De Leon bec. Of implied warranties. double sale in the case of the 2nd buyer) BAR QUESTION:

Q: How about if somebody was already occupying the land, acquired it by acquisitive prescription, buyer did not visit land, can he hold seller for breach of warranty?

Q:sale of parcel of land for IM, down payment Php 100, bal.to be paid after squatters will be evicted, if within 6 mos.,squatters still there,seller shall return 100k, in 6 mos.,value of land doubled,squatters still there, seller offered to return Php100k buyer did not accept,seller refuse to execute final deed of sale,seller filed for rescission. A: 1)NO! seller is not the aggrieved party 2)(1545) buyer given option to refuse to proceed with contract 3) waive the happening of condition & proceed with the contract *mere opinion not breach of warranty unless given by expert. *if warranty is as to title,fitness & characters, mere opinion= express warranty ex. Fertilizers to yield better harvest guarantee ‡ warranty Art. 1545. Where the obligation of either party to a contract of sale is subject to any condition which is not performed, such party may refuse to proceed with the contract or he may waive performance of the condition. If the other party has promised that the condition should happen or be performed, such first mentioned party may also treat the nonperformance of the condition as a breach of warranty.

A: No! VENDOR’S LIABILITY EVICTION (see TABLE 1)

IN

CASE

Waiver intencionada »waiver made by buyer if he already knew of the defect of the thing. Waiver consciente »waiver made by buyer where both buyer & seller knew that there was no defect on the thing sold. VENDOR’S LIABILITY IN CASE OF EVICTION TABLE 1 Extent liability vendor

of of

If vendor in bad faith.

If there is waiver Vendor faith

in

If there is no waiver

good

concient e

intenci onada

Vendee in Good faith

Vendee in bad faith

1) Value of the thing at the time of the eviction

YES

YES

NO

YES

YES

IMPLIED WARRANTY a) warranty against hidden defects b) warranty in case of eviction c) warranty of quality as to quality, fitness

2) income or fruits

YES

NO

NO

YES

YES

3) cost of suit

YES

NO

NO

YES

YES

WARRANTY IN CASE OF EVICTION

4)expense s of contract

YES

NO

NO

YES

YES

5) damages and interest

YES

NO

NO

NO

YES

Q: is it required for buyer to be deprive? A: also includes peaceful possession Q: is it possible if buyer is not deprived of ownership but deprived of possession? A: Yes, in case of Contract of Lease REQUIREMENTS: 1) there should be a final judgment in favor of 3rd person -seller must be summoned,impleaded 2) based on a right prior to the sale 3) no valid waiver in the form of waiver intencionada

OF

Warranty Against Hidden Defects 1) thing is already defective at the time of sell 2) he would not have bought if he knew/bought for less than the Php Q: can buyer not hold seller liable for hidden defects?


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 died with contagious disease, he can recover.

A: Yes if buyer was an expert

Q: What if the thing which is defective was lost? A: XPN to 1174,vendor liable even through FE EXTENT OF LIABILITY OF THE VENDOR IN CASE OF LOSS OF THE THING WITH HIDDEN DEFECTS (SEE TABLE 2) THE DEFECT

CAUSE OF LOSS: FE OR FAULT OF VENDEE

VENDOR IS IN BAD FAITH

VENDOR IS IN GF

VENDOR IS IN BAD FAITH

VENDOR IS IN GOOD FAITH

1) RETURN PRICE

YES

YES

NO

NO

2) PRICE/VALUE AT THE TIME OF LOSS

NO

NO

YES

YES

3) REFUND OF EXPENSES OF CONTRACT

YES

YES

NO

NO

4) DAMAGES

YES

NO

YES

NO

5) ONLY INTEREST

NO

YES

NO

NO

Q: Is it possible for vendor not liable for anything? A: Yes, if vendor was not aware of the defect if the return price is less than the value of the thing at the time of loss. SALE OF ANIMALS WITH DEFECT Redhibitory- when even after the sale it cannot be seen even by expert Q: If 10 birds,1 defective, can be rescind? A: GR: No. XPN: if buyer could prove that he would not have bought if he had known of the defect-- presumption if bought in pairs Q: If animal died 10 days after sale? A: No, can recover if died within 3 days for a disease existing at the time of sale.If

NON-APPARENT ENCUMBRANCE Ex. Encumbrance on a Road requirements1) non-apparent 2) not known to the buyer Q: If knowledge of buyer can he hold seller liable? A: Yes, if it was annotated in the title Remedy: rescission/damages Rescission- invoke within 1 yr. from date of contract Q: If he filed damages 1 yr.& 6 mos, can the case prosper? A: It depends on when was the discovery, damages should be filed within 1 yr. from discovery Q: If animals bought from fairs, auctions, no warranty at all? A: Not necessarily, only there is no warranty as to hidden defects; there is still warranty as to title & warranty against eviction 2nd hand sale- “as is where is basis” Q: Is it correct to say that there is no IW in judicial/ execution sale? A: No! there is still warranty by express provision of law- warranty as to title even to judgment debtor except if he was exempted fr. Such liability by order of the court.  There are people who cannot be liable for warranties, not sale without warranty/ Ex.: sheriff

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF VENDEE Q: If he received acceptance?

the

goods,

means

A: not necessarily, “receive” is only preliminary to acceptance, subject to inspection Q: If buyer accepted, is seller discharged of his warranty? A: No. XPN: 1) stipulation 2) buyer failed to give notice of such breach within reasonable time


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 MACEDA LAW RA 6652 REALTY Q: If goods already at the warehouse of INSTALLMENT BUYER ACT buyer, informed seller of refusal, fire broke »only applies to residential realty out, can seller be liable?  not applicable to commercial & industrial sale on installment= sale on A: It depends whether there has a just credit cause for refusal. If no just cause, »sale on credit not necessarily sale or ownership is transferred to buyer, RES installment-maybe on a straight term basis PERIT DOMINO  even only one instrument is paid, already covered by MACEDA LAW As to Price »60 days grace period without interest -payment to be made at place of delivery if he paid at least 2 yrs.-entitled to CASH SURRENDER VALUE-50% paid by buyer, Q: 1/1/03 delivery----------1/1/04 buyer only up to 90% paid Grace Period-claimed only once every 5 yrs. A: can buyer be held to pay %?  there must be a delivery to the NO. buyer of cash surrender value not a mere notice XPN: REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY 1) stipulation 1) UNPAID SELLER 1526 2) thing delivered produces fruits a. withhold goods 3) if buyer was already in default after b. stoppage in transit Extra J demand c. resale (needed if there was stipulation as to d. rescind payment of price) » GR: the following remedies are  contact of sale results to reciprocal alternative except for letter a and b. obligation MACEDA LAW Q: right of inspection, absolute? Q: A sold a house for 10M---downpayment A: No, no law providing for such of 3M was given while remaining 7M will be Buyer has no right to inspection paid in 60 equal monthly installment preliminary to acceptance defaulted 47th,49th, offered to pay Ex.: delivery of mining co. of coal to arrears.Seller cancel the sale,Cancellation NAPOCOR Valid? BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: 1/1/03-----7/1/03 (delivery of mango plantation) 8/1/03 (delivered) seller sold fruits to X between the period 7/1/03- 8/1/03 Can buyer recover the fruits from X? A: 1537 only applies if both parties are already obliged, not applicable if there is a stip as to delivery 11647/1/03------5/1/03 Buyer entitled to fruits but 2nd par. 1164 not yet delivered so, remedy is for damages

A: No. Paid for at least 2 yrs. He is entitled to 1 mo.for every year. Facts: 46 installments 3 days=90 days grace period. A is within the grace period to update account. Q: if seller only paid 80% can he invoke 1526? A: Yes! Art. 1526. Subject to the provisions of this Title, notwithstanding that the ownership in the goods may have passed to the buyer, the unpaid seller of goods, as such, has:

Art. 1537. The vendor is bound to deliver the thing sold and its accessions and accessories in the condition in which they were upon the perfection of the contract.

(1) A lien on the goods or right to retain them for the price while he is in possession of them;

All the fruits shall pertain to the vendee from the day on which the contract was perfected. (1468a)

(2) In case of the insolvency of the buyer, a right of stopping the goods in transitu after he has parted with the possession of them;


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 (3) A right of resale as limited by involve, if by stipulation seller reserves this Title; right to resale (4) A right to rescind the sale as likewise limited by this Title.

Q: if seller failed to give notice to resale, valid? If no notice as to date, time & place

Where the ownership in the goods has not passed to the buyer, the unpaid seller has, in addition to his other remedies a right of withholding delivery similar to and coextensive with his rights of lien and stoppage in transitu where the ownership has passed to the buyer. (n)

A: notice not necessary as to validity of resale. These notice are valid only if seller use the ground that buyer has been in default for immeasurable length of time. 2nd notice is relevant whether the sale is a GF sale.

Q: If buyer paid seller a check, can 1526 be invoke?

Q: Buyer has unpaid Php 100,000, seller sold goods for 70,000 can he recover 30k from buyer?

A: Yes if check was dishonored not through the fault of the seller

A: Yes. As long as the sale is a GF sale

Q: Remedies exclusive?

Q: What if goods sold for Php 150,000, who is entitled to 50k?

A: No! he nay file action for specific performance/ damages Q: Even if ownership had passed to the buyer, may seller invoke 1526? A: Yes! Ex. Constructive delivery POSSESSORY LIEN- right to withhold the goods lien – if goods already delivered the buyer & seller not yet paid »not required that buyer be insolvent »seller will not lose lien over the goods --requiring the buyer to pay STOPPAGE IN TRANSIT ---seller must have parted possession ---buyer is insolvent ---goods are in transit How exercised? By mere notice to common carrier  if goods are covered by NDT,NDT should be surrendered to common carrier  in order for the goods to be no longer in transit, buyer should have obtained it lawfully Q: S-------------B Has possessory lien, Does C S loses his lien if B sold it to C?

A: seller shall not be responsible to the buyer for whatever profit he may have obtained Q: If from 100k, 50k was paid by buyer, remaining goods sold for 100k, who is entitled? A: seller! Is there unjust enrichment? No, it was the buyer who was really at fault Q: If the buyer already acquired ownership should seller rescind 1st? A: No. he can automatically resale as ruled by SC Katigbak vs.CA RIGHT TO RESCIND ---same requirements in resale except for perishable goods RECTO LAW 1484 Art. 1484. In a contract of sale of personal property the price of which is payable in installments, the vendor may exercise any of the following remedies: (1) Exact fulfillment of the obligation, should the vendee fail to pay;

A: No. Unless he consented; if B sold the goods to C covered by NDT & was sold by B to C through negotiation & C bought it in GF

(2) Cancel the sale, should the vendee's failure to pay cover two or more installments;

RESALE ---seller must still have the goods ---maybe exercised if buyer is in default for unreasonable time; if perishable goods are

(3) Foreclose the chattel mortgage on the thing sold, if one has been constituted, should the vendee's failure to pay cover two or more installments. In this case, he shall


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 have no further action against the Q: A bought car, seller required real estate purchaser to recover any unpaid mortgage aside from the chattel mortgage balance of the price. Any agreement covering the car. Seller foreclose mortgage to the contrary shall be void. (1454on the car, despite foreclosure there is still A-a) a deficiency. May S, foreclose the real estate mortgage? Q: What are this recto law & maceda law in connection with installment?

A: No! 1484 applicable

A: Recto law- sale & movable property on installment 1) EXACT FULFILLMENT/SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 2) CANCELLATION 3) FORECLOSURE (alternative in character)

REMEDY OF BUYER 1) action for specific performancedeterminate substitute performance-generic thing 2) action for damage 3) rescission (1191)- if there was a substantial breach

Q: Sale of jewelry,10M, 100k,(10 yrs. Equal installment),buyer defaulted, 3rd installment

MODES OF EXTINGUISHMENT

A: exact fulfillment is the remedy Q: after 1 month S filed action for recovery of balance? A: As a rule no, only 100k is due. XPN if there’s an acceleration clause

1) 1236 IN GENERAL- ORDINARY MODE 2) RESCISSION-those provided a law on sales-special modes 3) EXTRA SPECIAL-REDEMTION REDEMPTION 1) CONVENTIONAL-available only if there was an agreement of repurchase

Q: defaulted 3rd installment, and so with 7 th, can cancellation of sale be involve?

Q: Who has this right?

A: No! cancellation to be involve 2/more consecutive installment is defaulted

A: Seller, owners previous to the seller, assignee,heirs, creditors of seller

Q: If 3rd,4th, defaulted, cancellation, is seller compelled to return all amount?

BAR QUESTION: S (debtotr) sold land to B with right of repurchase for 50K

A: No! he may retain reasonable amt. for the use of the thing

Q: If seller offered 200k, can buyer refuse?

Q: Is it possible for S to retain everything? A: Yes,if there is forfeiture clause Q: Is it possible even if there is forfeiture, S is not able to retain everything? A: Yes if amt. is unconscionable Q: A bought brand new BMV, 5M installment basis. A mortgaged his jewelries worth 5M to secure fulfillment S foreclose.deficiency of 1M, can seller recover 1M from buyer? A: Yes! Bec. The very thing bought is not the thing mortgaged. For 1484 to apply. It should be the thing bought w/c is mortgaged. BAR QUESTION:

A: Yes! Bec. Seller is responsible also for the useful & necessary expenses Q: On 1/1/02 sold mango plantation 4/ 1/02 supposed delivery but was only delivered on 10/1/06. if there were fruits between the period it should had been delivered, Can seller be compelled to pay entire 100k? A: It depends if there were fruits at the time of the sale, determine if buyer paid the fruits at the time of sale, when it comes to repurchase seller should also pay. Q: If no fruits at the time of sale, at the time of repurchase there were fruits. A: 75k value of fruits should be divided into proportion counted unto the last anniversary date BAR EXAM QUESTION:


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 considered as interest which shall be Q: A sold to B land w/ right of repurchase, subject to the usury laws. (n) no fix period as to repurchase – when should it be? If A failed to repurchase, Q: Why would the CR have what will you suggest to your client? Dr signed a sale w/ right of repurchase than »4 yrs, ownership of the thing delivered to a mortgage? buyer- not absolute ownership-subject to resolutory condition of proper exercise of A: to avoid pactum commissorium right of repurchase Q: Against whom should right of repurchase  if seller a retro failed,ownership of be exercise? buyer becomes absolute? If movable? Yes. Immovable? Yes! A: Anyone who derive the title from buyer a retro FILE ACTION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF TITLE NEEDED Q: X with right to purchase ----Consolidation of title needed. Yes with Q: respect to immovable, necessary for buyer A B to be able to register the prop in his own name C D D sold to X his lot with right of Q: If expiration of date of repurchase, can repurchase, can X compel D to no longer recover? repurchase entire land? A: GR: No A: No! it might be an equitable mortgage; XPN: If the thing is essentially an file for reformation (read 1602 for inadmissible thing ex. Bungalow presumptions) house, painting w/c is immovable by destination 2) LEGALArt. 1602. The contract shall be presumed a) co-owners- any prop to be an equitable mortgage, in any of the b) of adjacent lnd-immovable following cases: Q: Co-owners (1) When the price of a sale with right to repurchase is unusually inadequate; (2) When the vendor remains in possession as lessee or otherwise; (3) When upon or after the expiration of the right to repurchase another instrument extending the period of redemption or granting a new period is executed; (4) When the purchaser retains for himself a part of the purchase price; (5) When the vendor binds himself to pay the taxes on the thing sold;

A C

B D D donated his land to X, Can co owners redeem?

A: No! for redemption to exist; onerous title Q: Same table, D sold the land to B, can their be a right of redemption? A: No! should be sold to other person for redemption to arise CASE: 3 bros. had mother title cancelled… RD registered still in their names instead of one TCT each, despite actual partition one of bro. sold, can the two redeem?

(6) In any other case where it may be fairly inferred that the real intention of the parties is that the transaction shall secure the payment of a debt or the performance of any other obligation.

A: As adjacent owner,Yes! But can’t claim as co-owner

In any of the foregoing cases, any money, fruits, or other benefit to be received by the vendee as rent or otherwise shall be

A: 350k only! Contrary to public policy case of Doromal

Q: If only 350k is stated in deed of sale, actual payment is 1M, purchase price should be?


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: If 1M is stated in deed of sale, 350k interest how much can co-owner be  A: NO. It is a special kind of deposit. compelled to pay in order to redeem? The lessee has no control over the object. A: 1M  Characteristics Q: 2 sisters, A& B, A sold her interest to X(2006) w/o B knowing.  CASE DimaculanganB paid real property tax & knew of the  In lease of things, a death of the party sale, informed X right of redemption, can does not extinguish the contract of lease. he still redeem?  It is essentially onerous.  Consensual, Nominate, Bilateral A: When will the 30 days run? 30 days fr. Actual knowledge  CASE:BagtasQ: A-X (buyer) informed B of the sale, coowner did not react; buyer wanted prop. Be annotated at RD, RD send another notice to co-owner (deadma!) After more than a year, buyer filed for partition, co-owner received summons, filed for redemption-prosper? A: Yes! Notice in writing given by vendor not vendee,not RD Alternative answer: No! bec. She already received notices, the 30 day period should have already run DOROMAL VS. CA notice should be w/ deed of sale! TGMOct2007

 Spouses, guardians and those enumerated under Article 1490 and 1491 cannot enter into a lease contract with each other. Art. 1490. The husband and the wife cannot sell property to each other, except: (1) When a separation of property was agreed upon in the marriage settlements; or

IV.LEASE

 Kinds of Lease 1. things- consensual contract; onerous 2. work or service  Household service- Labor  Employment contract- Labor  Contract for a piece of work- Civil  Contract of Carriage- Commercial 3. Right COMMODATUM

LEASE

Essentially gratuitous

For a price certain; onerous

 Q: What is the nature of the contract in the boundary system? 

 The 2nd bull was not turned over due to a fortuitous event- crossfire during the era of the Huks. Is it a contract of commodatum by which the government bears the loss?  SC-This is a Lease. Bagtas has to pay a certain breeding fee.

A: It is contract for the Lease of Service. Employment contract which requires the elements of an employeremployee relationship.

 Q: Is the lease of a safety deposit box, considered lease of things?

(2) When there has been a judicial separation or property under Article 191. (1458a) Art. 1491. The following persons cannot acquire by purchase, even at a public or judicial auction, either in person or through the mediation of another: (1) The guardian, the property of the person or persons who may be under his guardianship; (2) Agents, the property whose administration or sale may have been entrusted to them, unless the consent of the principal has been given; (3) Executors and administrators, the property of the estate under administration; (4) Public officers and employees, the property of the State or of any subdivision thereof, or of any government-owned or controlled


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 corporation, or institution, the Q: A leased a cockpit to B. During the administration of which has been pendency of the lease, the cockpit intrusted to them; this provision collapsed. Who is liable for the collapse? shall apply to judges and government experts who, in any A: Lessor. His is the duty to repair, unless manner whatsoever, take part in the there’s a stipulation to the contrary. sale; CASE:Gonzales v. Mateo(5) Justices, judges, prosecuting attorneys, clerks of superior and Lessee is liable because he inferior courts, and other officers agreed to repair. and employees connected with the administration of justice, the BAR EXAM QUESTION: property and rights in litigation or levied upon an execution before the Q: A leased a parcel of land to B for 10 court within whose jurisdiction or years. There was an agreement to extend territory they exercise their the Lease and it’s binding. B put up a 2respective functions; this prohibition storey building. Upon expiration of the includes the act of acquiring by Lease, B failed to renew the Lease. A filed assignment and shall apply to an ejectment suit against B. B contended lawyers, with respect to the that he is a builder in good faith thus property and rights which may be reimbursement of the expenses. the object of any litigation in which they may take part by virtue of their A: Builder in good faith cant be invoked. profession. Lessee can’t build in the concept of an owner. He is neither entitled to reimbursement. The option is with the (6) Any others specially disqualified lessor if he opts to retain ½ amount paid by by law. (1459a) the lessee or remove the improvements though causing damages. Damages must As to Formalities not be necessary, though. 

Q: A appointed B as his agent. A withholds no power against B granting the latter a Power of Attorney. B entered into 3 contracts… 1) Contract of lease of parcel of land for 4 years and a rental of 60,000php annually. 2) Contract of lease of a parcel of land with a rental on a monthly basis of 3,000php. 3) Contract of sale of a parcel of land for 3x the value of the land. What is the status of these contracts?

A: 1) Unenforceable. What is authorized of B is an act of administration. SPA is needed. 2) Valid and Binding. Rental of an immovable without a fixed period, the same period as payment of rentals; It is an act of administration only. 3) Void. Authorization of the agent is not in writing. CASE Donald Dee- Documentary formalism is not an element employment. BAR EXAM QUESTION:

Q: Is chapel a useful improvement? A: Yes. Q: There was a lease over a fishpond for 5 yrs. The rental for next year will be reduced to ½. However, the harvest was only ½ due to the rebels. The lessee contended that the lease period is extended for 10 yrs now. Will there be a reduction? A: None. The right of reduction can only be invoked if failure to harvest was due to an extraordinary fortuitous event such as war, fire, pestilence. It does not include the intrusion of lawless elements, flood, and typhoon. » reduction can be allowed only in cases where B harvested less than one half and that it should had been due to fortuitous event »lawless element is not a fortuitous event Q: Will there be an extension?

in

A: None. Lease is suspended during the fortuitous event. He can claim not to pay the monthly rental. » Fortuitous event is not a reasonable ground for extension but only for


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 suspension of payment of lease during that period Q: May the lessee consent of the lessor?

sublease

with

the

A: Yes. As long as it is not prohibited from subleasing. Assignment of lease is valid if with the consent of the lessor. In sublease, it is valid although absent consent of the lessor provided it is not prohibited. CASE:Manlapac v. SalazarA leased his fishpond to B till the end of June 1, 1947. During the existence of the contract, B contracted with C, the latter to have the rights in the fishpond. The contract between B and C was made without A’s consent. The heirs of A contended that the contract is void because it is only an assignment. SCThe lease agreement constitutes as an assignment only if the lessee absolutely transferred all his rights to 3rd persons, dissociating himself in the lease. The 3 rd person becomes the new lessee. »there should be absolute transfer

 Termination of Lease

Q: A constructed a building for 5M and leased it to B. B will be the lessee for 10 years for 100,000/month. After completion of the construction, B will become the owner thereof. On the 5 th year, the entire building was burned. A constructed another building. Before completion, B gave notice to A that he will continue the lease. Can A refuse B as lessee? A: Yes. With the original building destroyed by a fortuitous event, the lease contract is extinguished, since there is total destruction.

CASE: Frezel vs. Mariano  There was a construction contract (labor and materials). Frezel as the supplier. A took over the construction of the building. C demanded payment from A. Is C, the owner, liable for the unpaid amount? The claims of C are as follows: There’s no privity between A and C. B is an agent. SCThere’s no agency because A’s extent of control over B goes only into the result and not the manner, therefore, it is to be considered as a contract for a piece of work. C can recover from A SCOnly to the extent of the unpaid amount by B to C.

Death of the lessee does not extinguish the lease. Except is there is a stipulation to the contrary.

BAR EXAM QUESTION: Q: A entered into a lease contract with B for 3 years. There was a stipulation in the contract that B will have the option to buy the parcel of land leased by him. However, B failed to exercise the option as stipulated in the contract. B still continued paying the rentals and A continues to receive the same. B, now, exercised the option. A refused to sell the land to B. Can A be compelled to sell the land? A: There was a renewal of the lease known as IMPLIED NEW LEASE. Q: Does B have the right to exercise the option?

A: No. Only the terms and conditions In 1952, A lease to B a house, in GERMANE to the Lease contract is deemed 1967 B transferred his rights to C. renewed. Otherwise, it is not renewed. If Will the transfer be valid and payment be on an annual basis in the binding against A, the lessor? original contract, the same period and A: It depends oninthe Might be asked thenature finals!of the manner of payment will also be adopted in transfer if it was assignment or the renewed contract. NOTE ARTICLE 1670. sublease. SC: If the transfer of rights is absolute, where lessee cease to be lessee, then the transfer is not bindind on the lessor however if BOGS QUITAIN; TERE MORALES; PAULETTE TONGCUA; TINO OCCIANO; BUDS OCCIANO 44 lessee reserves reversionary interest no matter how small, it would be binding on the lessor



Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1670. If at the end of the contract the Extent of control by the Extent of control by the lessee should continue enjoying the thing Principal over the agent is Principal over the agent is leased for fifteen days with the with the Result and with the Result only. Manner. acquiescence of the lessor, and unless a notice to the contrary by either party has previously been given, it is understood that AGENCY vs. NEGOTIORUM GESTIO there is an implied new lease, not for the period of the original contract, but for the time established in Articles 1682 and 1687. By agreement By law The other terms of the original contract shall be revived. (1566a) AGENCY vs GUARDIANSHIP

Pvt/101707

Person represented must be capacitated

V. AGENCY Q: baptismal proxy, agency? A: No. political and social relations are not included »Agency refers only to juridical act - BOUND himself to another >objective : execution of juridical act extinguish legal relationship such as payment -

there must be consent “ agency “ includes instrumentality as government instrumentality.

CASE:Quiroga V. Parsons – exclusive right to sell is an exclusive agency.

Person represented incapacitated

is

AGENCY vs PARTNERSHIP Termination may be by the will of either party  Principal- revocation  Agent- withdrawal

It has a separate juridical entity

KINDS of AGECY: I. Actual II. Apparent/Ostensible III. Agency by estoppel I. ACTUAL AGENCY Mack vs. Cams (?)

Nature of AGENCY vs.

SALE

Consensual Nominal May be Gratuitous *burden: principal *presumption: compensation

Essentially Onerous

X is clothed with full authority to manage restaurant of Y (owner). X purchased some items from Z. X was indebted to Z. Y’s defense is that X was not authorized to purchase. However, X led other people to believe that X has authority such as signing as agent. SC-Estoppel lies. Y is liable.

for

II. APPARENT/OSTENSIBLE Preparatory contract -a means by which other contracts may enter into. Based on confidence

trust

Rallos vs. Yangco

and

There’s no transfer of ownership but only transfer of possession.

Ownership passes upon delivery.

AGENCY vs. CONTRACT FOR A PIECE OF WORK

A sent a letter to B authorizing C to buy abaca/copra. B transacted with C. Consequently, from Jan. 2, the purchases remained unpaid. B complained to A. A contended that before Jan. 2 he revoked the authorization from C. Therefore, transactions hereafter are not binding upon A. SC-Invoked Article 1873. Revocation is immaterial. C’s transaction has full force and effect in exercising authority until rescission. If C is specially informed of the


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 revocation of the authorization, B shall also Q: Mere silence of agent deem accepted be informed in the same manner as C. agency? - JBL REYES: If B had actual knowledge of A: not necessarily the revocation, he cannot hold A liable as it »If parties are in the same place, no would amount to Bad Faith. problem, stipulation on the SPA governs Q: if not in the same place such as when using the telegram, if did not reply deem Q: What if A actually caused a notice of accepted? publication? A: It depends on the nature of the A: Can still be liable pursuant to Article business, if the task is also within the 1873 nature of the agency, yes. Q: A authorized B to sell land of A in Art. 1873. If a person specially informs Baguio, did not do anything, Is B an agent? another or states by public advertisement A: No. that he has given a power of attorney to a Q: How about if A gave the letter to B and third person, the latter thereby becomes a B accepted? duly authorized agent, in the former case A: There is an implied agency with respect to the person who received the special information, and in the latter case  As to consideration or compensation with regard to any person.  Onerous- presumption is for consideration. The power shall continue to be in full force  Gratuitous- liability is mitigated until the notice is rescinded in the same in the part of the agent. manner in which it was given. (n)

Classifications of Actual Agency  as to manner of creation  express – consent of both parties given  implied CASE: Dela Pena vs. HidalgoAfter the authorization was executed, the agent appointed a substitute. The principal did nothing to repudiate such appointment. SC-There is an Implied agency by the principal’s silence or inaction. The principal is deemed to have accepted the new agency. Agent -

When the agent is authorized to sell a parcel of land and he just stared at the ceiling, he is NOT deemed to have given his consent. However, if the agent accepted a special power of attorney and he did nothing, it depends upon the kind of business as to consider it as an implied agency, with the agent giving his consent. If the principal and agent are engaged in the same business, there is an implied agency whereby the agent is deemed to have given his consent.

BAR EXAM QUESTION: Contract of Agency as to scope of authority 1. Acts of administration 2. Acts of strict dominion Q: In the sale of Rolex, the agent has no SPA, with the act bind the principal? A: No. Any act of strict dominion requires an SPA. As to form: 1. Oral 2.Writing 1. Oral 2.Writing 2.Writing Q: Why is the form of agency peculiar? A: Because it involves two contracts, the agency itself and the contract to be contracted by the agent.

Q: Principal was in the hospital and executed a GPA with the following: contact of lease of a parcel of land with a term contract of lease with no agreement as to term and payment contract of sale for a three times higher than the land A: Discuss the status: Depends on the power given, GPA was only given » unenforceable if not in a public instrument » valid and binding if merely acts of administration » sale is void under 1874 ; SELLING IS AN ACT OF STRICT DOMINION


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 3 and 4 are the TWIN REQTS. How to know whether it is within or in excess of authority? Q : A is represented by B. There is a lease for 5 years and such lease was not put into  Consider the SPA. writing. CASE: Linan A: First, determine the object. If it is personal, SPA is not required. If it is an - Whether or not the agent is authorized immovable, it depends on B’s capacity in to sell a parcel of land. the contract of Lease. Justice Perfecto: under the SPA, he has no Q: 3rd person is the lessee and the principal authority. Good faith is not within the is the lessor, SPA is needed. However, if the scope. principal is the lessee, authority of A must be in writing in order for it to bind B? Rely on the provisions of law- the authority to manage the restaurant includes the A: Not necessarily. For lease to be in writing authority to buy the equipments. or not, the provisions on Statute of Frauds must find application. Art. 1882. The limits of the agent's authority shall not be considered exceeded BAR EXAMINATION QUESTION should it have been performed in a manner more advantageous to the principal than Q: The deceased principal authorized the that specified by him. (1715) agent to dispose of his land. The heirs of the principal, however, sold the 12 hectares to B. The agent sold the same land to C. Article 1882- Considered within if it Who has the better right? is to the advantage of the Principal.

A: It depends on the authority of the agent. If it is not in writing, the contract of sale is void. Thus, C has a better right.

CASE:Insular Drug-

Q: If it is in writing, the authority of the agent is extinguished. B has a better right?

The agent’s authority to collect money does not include encashing or endorsing of check.

A: Not necessarily. If the agent has no knowledge of the death of the principal and C is in good faith, C being the 1st registrant, therefore, C has a better right. »Notarization or recording in instrument is not a requirement.

a

public

CASE:JimenezX mailed a letter to Y giving him the authority to sell a parcel of land. So Y sold the same to a third person. The letter is sufficient to bind X. » In a SPA, the only requirement must be in writing , need not be notarized

Municipality of Ilo-ilo vs. Evangelista »The authority to hire a lawyer includes authority to pay said lawyer. »If the agent’s authority to borrow money and mortgage, he cannot use it to satisfy his own debts. Q: A authorized B to borrow money from any bank, agent borrowed money in his name to buy land, defaulted, can bank go after the principal A: No. Third person may have recourse against principal except if it was property of principal which was involve

Essential Elements 1. 2. 3. 4. »

consent of the parties object act within the scope act in representation of principal 3 and 4 are not necessary to the validity of the contract but these are the obligations of the agent. Absence of these, Agency remains valid.

Q: SPA may be oral? A: NO! It is a written authorization as the following provision provides: 1871 “delivers” 1872 “transmit” 1900 1902 “presentation”


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Art. 1871. Between persons who are result in loss or damage to the principal. present, the acceptance of the agency may (n) also be implied if the principal delivers his power of attorney to the agent and the latter receives it without any objection. (n) Liability of Agents to 3rd persons: Personally bound himself Art. 1872. Between persons who are Acted negligently absent, the acceptance of the agency Acted outside the scope of his cannot be implied from the silence of the authority agent, except:  Even if the agent acted outside the scope of his authority, the agent is NOT liable (1) When the principal transmits his if: power of attorney to the agent, who The principal ratified the receives it without any objection; agent’s acts The 3rd person was informed (2) When the principal entrusts to him by by the agent that he acted letter or telegram a power of attorney with outside respect to the business in which he is The 3rd person was aware habitually engaged as an agent, and he did thereof not reply to the letter or telegram. (n) Art. 1900. So far as third persons are concerned, an act is deemed to have been performed within the scope of the agent's authority, if such act is within the terms of the power of attorney, as written, even if the agent has in fact exceeded the limits of his authority according to an understanding between the principal and the agent. (n) Art. 1902. A third person with whom the agent wishes to contract on behalf of the principal may require the presentation of the power of attorney, or the instructions as regards the agency. Private or secret orders and instructions of the principal do not prejudice third persons who have relied upon the power of attorney or instructions shown them. (n) Rights and Obligations of the Agent  His main obligation is to CARRY OUT THE AGENCY.  If the principal died… GR: The agency is extinguished. EXC: If it will endanger the Agency, the latter shall be continued Ex: X sold the car to Y with the breaks in a defective condition and without the principal’s knowledge, Y bought the car. Therefore, the principal incurred loss/damage. (Art. 1888- An agent shall not carry out an agency if its execution would manifestly result in loss or damage to the principal.)

Art. 1888. An agent shall not carry out an agency if its execution would manifestly

CASE:Domingo vs. DomingoWhatever commission is received by the agent as a consequence of his agency, albeit the absence of knowledge of the principal of the agreement between the 3 rd person and the agent, the latter shall give to the principal whatever he received. The agent is not the insurer of the principal’s success in business. GR: The agent cannot sell the goods on credit. EXC: Without consent of the principal, the sale is not void but the principal holds him liable as sale in cash basis. Q: When can agent be held liable? A: When he bound himself. Exception: 1. When the principal ratified 2. When 3rd person informed that agent is acting beyond the scope of his authority 3. When agent informed 3rd person such as when he promise to secure ratification and was not able to Case Law Q: P authorized A too sell his house and A introduced prospective buyer. The buyer gave him 1K. P terminated the authority of the agent and the agent went to RD and found out that a sale was consummated. A demanded commission, can the case prosper? SC: No. Failure of agent to deliver to principal even not owing to him the 1k given by the buyer constitute a forfeiture of agent’s right to commission


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Case Law: - The perpetrators need not be convicted Q: Agent to collect P800 he was able to of robbery. collect only P500 and deducted 20% as commission. - For a fortuitous event to be a valid SC: The act of the agent constitutes estafa. defense, there must be no concurrent event. BAR EXAM QUESTION: - However, if it happened today, Agent is Q: A authorized B to sell property in considered to be negligent. If it Cebu, B appointed a subagent. Can B happened in the 60’s, the agent is not appoint a subagent? liable. UPLAW Center: - The SC held that the agent is liable A: Yes, under 1892 if it was not prohibited. because there’s negligence. » Sir said with due respect to the UP law Center, the answer is erroneous.  On Death Subagent – does not take the relationship Effect of death of the agent of B as agent; assistant agent  It will absolutely extinguish the agency. If the Art. 1892. The agent may appoint a agency is for the benefit of a substitute if the principal has not prohibited 3rd person, the agency will him from doing so; but he shall be continue to be in full force responsible for the acts of the substitute: and effect despite the death (1) When he was not given the of the principal. power to appoint one;  Effect of death of the principal If without knowledge and the (2) When he was given such power, agent is in good faith, the but without designating the person, agency is extinguished but and the person appointed was the act of registration in good notoriously incompetent or faith even after the death of insolvent. the principal is valid as the law says so. All acts of the substitute appointed against On Revocation the prohibition of the principal shall be  May be made anytime; at will void. (1721)  Q: If there’s a period, will the Substitute – “kapalit niya” Article 1892 shall revocation before the stipulated apply period hold the principal liable? » if principal was informed of the substitute Article 1892 shall not apply A: NO. Modes of Extinguishment (EDWARD) E- expiration of the period D- death W- withdrawal A- accomplishment R- revocation D- dissolution of entity » not exclusive, Article 1231 also applies  Other modes may apply to agency. BAR EXAM QUESTION Q: X authorized Y to sell a pendant with diamond. The pendant was robbed. X sued Y. Y’s defense is robbery. A: Austria Case -

Robbery is a fortuitous event.

CASE:Barreto Agency is based on trust and confidence therefore, the principal can revoke anytime. P can only be held liable for damages if he acted in bad faith. CASE: Collongco A authorized B to sell the land for 100M. B did not remit the 100M. What was agreed was that B will be the agent of A in subdividing the land and constituting the house. The proceeds will go to A as payment. The authority granted was for 10 yrs. On the 5th yr., A revoked the authority given to B. Was the revocation valid? SC: NO. The agency is was coupled with interest and as such, it cannot be validly revoked after the interest ceases; means of fulfilling interest must be different from


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 the commissioner given; very interest that ANSWER: A under the facts can engage in such an agent is claiming should be stated at the services since he is only a capitalist partner. As to B, since he is an industrial partner, he is SPA without prejudice to his liability if prohibited from engaging in any kind of business revocation was done in bad faith without the consent of the other partners. Pvt/101707 » Partnership may be constituted in any other form. – Article 1172

VI. PARTNERSHIP BAR EXAM: A used all his savings to put up a restaurant, B gave A 4k as financial assistance in exchange of 20% profits, 22 years after B filed action demanding profits. A denied and invoked prescription. A: UP Law Center – Contract of Partneship exists because they contributed to a common fund plus there was a stipulation as to profit. »Sir said, no contract of partnership exists. There was no agreement to contribute to a common fund, only financial assistance. Q: Partnership vs. Co-ownership A: Contract of partnership is created by mere agreement while co-ownership is created by operation of law. Essential Element: » object is to engage in a lawful activity  General Partnership and Limited Partnership (relevant only in Limited Partnership) Q: Can the spouses enter into a limited partnership and engage in real estate business A: Yes, prohibition is only on universal partnership Q: Can two corporations organize a general partnership, can a corporation enter into a partnership? A: No! Corporation and partnership may organize a joint venture but they cannot enter into partnership contract » Sir said that Corporation can enter into a contract of partnership if there was an express grant of power in its articles of incorporation. (Tecson vs. Bolaños) Q: What is the effect of illegality of contract? Can a partner recover what he had given if cause was illegal? A: Yes, because it will result in unjust enrichment. Q; How about if both was in pari delicto? A: If there was repudiation before there was any damage, the court is in its discretion to allow recovery BAR QUESTION: A and B put up a car repair shop. A contributed money while B contributed his services. A likewise put up a coffee shop on the left side of the car repair shop. B likewise engaged in another business of his own. Are they legally allowed to venture into such businesses?

Q: How about 3rd person who contracted with Partnership with unlawful object, can recover? A: Yes, as long as no knowledge of the illegality 

When one or more parties contribute an immoveable If there is no inventory – VOID; If there is an inventory, but not put in

writing 

If such partnership is not put into public instrument -> it will not affect the validity of the partnership agreement, though it may affect the greater efficacy or the enforceability of the contract. Case: Hernandez v. Angeles

» Form is not necessary for the validity, maybe necessary for enforceability »ENTITY THEORY/LEGAL PERSON THEORY means that a partnership has a juridical personality separate and distinct from the partners 

A general partner can be an industrial partner.  Can a partner be both capitalist and industrial partner at the same time? YES  Can a limited partner be both an industrial and a capitalist partner at the same time? NO CLASSIFICATION OF PARTNERSHIP: I. As to Object: a) present property b) profits II. a) General » all general partners b) Limited » one or more general and one or more limited partner; a limited partner (has no right to partake in the management Commercial Partnership » governed by Code of Commerce III. As to term: a) maybe for a particular undertaking (Ortega vs. CA) Admission of a new partner »If given a question concerning the liability of a newly-admitted partner for a partnership obligation, ask, “when was the partnership obligation incurred? Was it incurred PRIOR TO / AFTER the new partner’s admission to the partnership?


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 Q: ABC partnership admitted D as new partner.  Interest in partnership = pertains The ABC partnership incurred the following to the share in profits and surplus. liabilities. ABC- 100; X- 30K, A- 50k. What is the liability of D as a new partner? If A is a managing partner. Sharing of the Partners in the Profits and in A: GR: up to capital contribution only unless he the Losses bound himself to be solidarily liable NOTA BENE: application of proportionate  if there is a STIPULATION (except when sharing: there is a stipulation where one or more of a) if A is a general partner the parties shall be excluded from the b) both debts are due and profits, the stipulation shall be VOID) demandable  if there is NO STIPULATION , sharing c) receipt was given in the shall be in proportion to the capital name of the partnership contributions. d) payment should be applied  What about the Industrial Partner? => to the most onerous give him the value of his service; the LIMITED PARTNER IS LIABLE WHEN: balance of which should be distributes to a) he participated in the management the capitalist partners in proportion to their b) if surname appears in the partnership capital contributions. name except; a) already existing surname b) if also the surname of a general partnership BAR QUESTION: A, B, and C entered into a c) if at the same time general or partnership. Agreed to Php360 share profits limited partner equally. C assigned his interest in the partnership to X. Therefore, X demanded share in the profits » Article 1892 subagent is not equivalent to and management. Are these demands of X legally substitute justifiable? » in having a substitute, must be with the knowledge of the principal. (De la Peña vs. ANSWER: As to the management, an assignee Hidalgo) cannot participate in the management, not even right to access… As to the share in the profits, an assignee has the right to receive the profits the Proportional Application of Debts: assignor would have received. As to interest, a partner may assign however limited only to the  One obtaining is a managing partner; receipt of such amount and nothing more.  Both debts are due and demandable; Therefore, to receive PHp 120k (360/3)  If the partner receipted the amount in the name of the partnership  estoppel  agency BAR QUESTION: W (industrial partner), X  If the debt is more onerous (industrial partner), Y (P 50 K) and Z (P 20 K) entered into a partnership agreement. W and X Property Rights of a Partner will act as managing partners. Thereafter, two persons were appointed:. W and X appointed  see the 3 major classification the SECRETARY, one of the two persons of the property rights of appointed. Y and Z however opposed such partners appointment. The ACCOUNTANT, the other  plus right to formal person named, was appointed by W and Z, accounting whose appointment was however opposed by  plus the right to the access of X and Y. Whose appointment will bind the partnership book Partnership? 

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Rights in specific partnership property = a partner is co-owner with his partners of specific partnership property; see 1811 = co-ownership sui generis. Cf. co-ownership in partnership law and co-ownership in property law. In the former, a co-owner may sell his share even without the knowledge and consent of the other co-owners, whereas, in partnership law, such would not be allowed.

ANSWER: The secretary’s appointment will bind the partnership. As to the accountant, it should be resolved as to the partnership having the controlling interest, such controlling interest being dependent on the aggregate capital contributions of those who appointed vis-à-vis those who opposed.

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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 »As to stipulation, if it excludes a partner, stipulation is void not the partnership. Share in the Losses: 1. determine agreement Q: if one partner is excluded valid? RIGHTS/ OBLIGATIONS OF PARTNERS A: depends: if capitalist, stipulation is void; if industrial partner was excluded – valid among  To make good his promise to partners but void as to third persons. –Article contribute MONEY PROPERTY 1816 INDUSTRY 2. if no stipulation to losses, use stipulation on the  If money = equally, unless there is a sharing of profits stipulation 3. no stipulation at all = share in their capital  If in default, he is a debtor of the contribution partnership plus interest plus damages (i= 12%) LIABILITY AS TO:  If property = ask what was actually Contractual Obiligation = joint contributed. Was it the property itself or Joint and solidarily 1822 & 1823 – tortious/ the use of such property. If property itself wrongful acts of partners => transfer ownership plus obligation to warrant in case of eviction. If thing was Q: Bought set of SCRA in the account of the lost before delivery, the partner bears the partnership, can partnership be liable? loss, RES PERIT DOMINO. See A: It depends if the act is for the apparent carrying Exceptions (1) FUNGIBLE (2) FOR SALE of the usual business of partnership. (3) WITH APPRAISAL. Q: Can partnership be liable even if not related to  Partnership bears the loss if possession is the business? with partnership already. A: Yes, if such party was not authorized  If services, SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE  

Joint Management Partner as Agent

WOULD NOT LIE. Remedy is to demand the value of service plus damages incurred by partnership PROPERTY RIGHTS: 1) specific partnership property » a partners is a co-owner as to his co-parners not partnership;l co-ownership is sui generis 2) interest 3) participate Q: Can a creditor of a co-owner levy such interest of a co-owner in a partnership land A: Yes, but he cannot do so if indebted to partnership Q: W and X are managing partners, Y-50k, Z-20k. W and X were appointed as secretary by 2 persons, opposed to by Y and Z; accountant appointed by W and Z but opposed by X and Y A: In the 1st case, YZ has no right to oppose. In the second case, controlling partners shall prevail based on capital contribution. Appointment shall not be valid having opposed by Y who has controlling interest. This case is called subsidiary management

DISSOLUTION: » change in relation where partner ceases to be associated in carrying on the business of partnership »marriage of partners not a ground Entry of a new Partner 

General Rule: It will dissolve the partnership  Exceptions: a) act is necessary to wing up partnership affairs b) CAUSES OF DISSOLUTION 1) extrajudicial a) voluntary » No. 1 & 2 of Article 1830 b) involuntary » No. 3-7 2) judicial Article 1831 Q: A B C assigned whole interest to X against the will of A & B and decided to dissolve the partnership, X filed for a dissolution, which dissolution will be valid? A: That made by A & B is valid. X was mere assignee, no legal interest to file dissolution for he is not by law a partner.

FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS; Honesty and Good faith starts during the negotiation stage. Obligation would continue not only up to dissolution but also until termination.

DEATH OF A PARTNER: » if general, partnership is not extinguished if biz nis continued or not stated due to unanimous consent.

REMEDIES OF A NON-DEFAULTING PARTNER

EFFECT of DISSOLUTION: » termination of authority of partners.

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Specific performance Dissolution RESCISSION IS NOT A REMEDY

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Atty. Crisostomo Uribe Notes in Civil Law Review 2

VII. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS LIABILITY OF SUBSTITUTE

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NOT GIVEN POWER TO APPOINT

All acts of the substitute appointed against the prohibition of the principal shall be void

LIABLE if substitute acted outside the scope of authority or there is bad faith or negligence on the part of the substitute

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NOT LIABLE if the substitute acted within the scope of authorization representation of the principal and acted with due diligence and in good faith

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» the agent is not an insurer of the success of the business of the principal

not the same as bailment not all credit transactions are bailment in bailment, there has to be a delivery (deposit, loan, mutuum, commodatum) in some credit transactions, delivery is not necessary (guaranty, mortgage) sale may be a credit transaction of the sale is on credit not all credit transactions are contracts (judicial deposits, legal deposits)

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EFFECTS OF APPOINMENT OF SUBSTITUTE/LIABILITY IN DAMAGE TO PRINCIPAL

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GIVEN POWER TO APPOINT Designated

Not liable unless he knew that the designated person is notoriously incompetent or already insolvent

Not designated

Agent shall be responsible for the acts of the substitute if substitute is notoriously incompetent or insolvent

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Not liable as agent shall NOT be responsible for the acts of the substitute if the substitute is notoriously incompetent or insolvent

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Loan consider first the kind whether mutuum or commodatum mutuum or simple loan- the agreement between the parties to constitute a loan is already a binding agreement, however, unless it is delivered there is no perfected contract of loan yet. If the contract of loan is not yet perfected, cannot be revoked In mutuum, if without express stipulation, contract is compensatory case: Rep vs Bagtas

case: Soccoro- What is the effect of a declaration that the interest is unconscionable? Still liable to pay interest but at the legal rate in a contract of commodatum, the bailor need not be the owner because there is no transfer of ownership in mutuum, lender has to be the owner precarium, a special form of commodatum wherein the bailor may demand the thing at will (1947) RA 8183 all monetary obligations shall be settled in Philippine currency which is the legal tender. However, parties may agree that the obligation be settled in


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Notes in Civil Law Review 2 other currencies  continuing guaranty – Art.  thing pledged must be delivered to the 2053 creditor unlike in chattel mortgage and  the only parties in real estate mortgage guaranty are the creditor and the debtor  sub guarantor- benefit of excussion Deposit  co-guarantor- benefit of  essentially gratuitous, unless stipulated division otherwise  guarantor- insures the  irregular deposits- a depositary has the solvency of the debtor right to use the thing  surety- insures the  in deposit, object cannot refer to future solvency of the debt thing because it requires delivery 

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characteristics

Pledge/ Mortgage

a) principal b) real c) gratuitous or onerous

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kinds of deposit a) judicial b) extra-judicial

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i. Conventional / voluntary ii. Necessary iii. Legal Guaranty covered by the Statute of

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Frauds 1. Personal- personal commitment to answer for the debt, default of another 2. Real – guarantor delivers collateral a. pledge b. chattel mortgage c. real estate mortgage d. antichresis

All are accessory contracts PLEDGE

A pledge or mortgage cannot exist without a valid obligation

free disposition means that the mortgagor should be capacitated pledge may be perfected even if delivery is merely constructive liability of the pledgor or mortgagor is only up to the value of the pledged/ mortgaged property. Nawala na sa kanya yung property, kaya tama na yun unless expressly stipulated otherwise  creditor cannot recover if property is covered by Recto Law  no right of redemption in chattel mortgage and pledge

TABLE 1

Real Article 1316, Article 2093) But a promise to constitute a pledge gives rise to a personal action between the parties; public interest.


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Nevertheless, a pledgor or mortgagor maybe constituted to guarantee the performance of a voidable/ unenforceable contract. It may guarantee a natural obligation

CHATTEL MORTGAGE

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE » maybe foreclosed even if only written in a private instrument

ANTICHRESIS

Solemn or Formal (De leon) CM Registration is indepensable. If not recorded, binding on the parties. Promise to constitute mortgage. Affidavit of GF to binf 3rd parties. If not executed, mortgage may still bind third persons if the latter had knowledge of the promise to constitute mortgage

unilateral

Solemn. (Vitug) Must be recorded, if not binding to parties. promise» personal/action

A conditional obligation may also be secured.

Solemn. Amount of principal and interest must be in writing, if not void.

BILATERAL

TABLE 2

KINDS

RIGHT TO USE

RIGHT TO APPROPRIATE (PACTUM COMMISORIUM)


INDIVISIBILITY

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PLEDGE

CHATTEL MORTGAGE

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

ANTICHRESIS

NONE, unless 1. authorized 2. necessary for the preservation of the thing

Not applicable unless stipulated

Not applicable unless stipulated

Only right to receive fruits unless stipulated.

Creditor cannot appropriate. Any stipulation to the contrary is null and void. However, in pledge, if at the first auction the thing sold, a 2nd one with the same formalities shall be held, but there is no sale either. Creditor may appropriate but the shall acquit the entire claim. Encashment of a deposit certificate given as security. » not postdated check (Chua vs. CA, Sept. 26, 1989)


Pledgor or Mortgagor is indivisible, eventhough debt may be divided among the successors-in-interest of the debtor/ creditor. EXCEPT: Where several things are given in a pledge or mortgage, each one of them guarantees only a determinate portion of the credit. Right of Extinguishment. Indivisibility is not affected by the fact that the debtors are not solidarily liable.

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TABLE 3: RIGHTS OF MORTGAGOR

KINDS

PLEDGE

RIGHT TO BID

Article 2112 The creditor to whom the credit has not been satisfied in due time pledged may proceed before a NP. X x x

YES. Provided he is the not the only bidder. Article 2113

1. Judicial Foreclosure Sec.13 Article 1508 CHATTEL MORTGAGE


RIGHT TO RECOVER DEFICIENCY

RIGHT OF SALE/ FORECLOSURE

2. Extrajudicial Foreclosure Sec. 14 Article 1508

1. Judicial (Rule 68 of the Rules of Court) 2. Extrajudicial Foreclosure Act. 3135

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

VOLUNTARY: None even if there’s stipulation. Article 2112, Article 2115

YES, but pledged deemed abandoned.

LEGAL: YES

YES. Except on installment.

YES, but chattel mortgage deemed abandoned.

YES. Rules of Court on Foreclosure.

YES, but security deemed abandoned.

ANTICHRESI S

KINDS

PLEDGE

RIGHT TO ALIENATE

RIGHT TO BID

ARTICLE 2097 YES! ARTICLE 2108

YES ARTICLE 2113

RIGHT T RECOVE EXCES

VOLUNTA NONE ARTICLE 2 LEGAL: Y ARTICLE 2

CHATTEL MORTGAGE


ANTICHRESIS

Sale valid and buyer may acquire ownership but if not consented to by mortgagee, mortgagor is criminally liable. (Art. 319 RPC)

Article 2130 A stipulation forbidding the owner from alienating the immovable mortgaged shall be void.

Same as above, Article 2130.

TABLE 4: RIGHTS OF PLEDGOR


Atty. Crisostomo Uribe notes Civil Law Review 2 VII. TORTS

To God be the glory

» there is no need for a pre-existing contract Q: Why file for action for quasi-delict? A: Claim for moral damages which has many grounds Essential Elements: I. Act or Omission there being fault/negligence » negligent act, even acts punished by law Dulay vs. CA » Quasi-delict is not limited to negligent acts, even a malicious or intentional act may be the basis of a quasi delict. Article 2177 » acts punished by law maybe the basis, the only exception is that there be no double recovery Q: May an action for quasi-delict subsist with a criminal case? A: Yes, they are distinct from each other

Q: Driver in a acquitted in a criminal case, heirs filed civil case for quasi-delict, may action prosper? A: Yes, in quasi delict mere preponderance of evi is enough II. DAMAGES » any hurt or harm inflicted Q: What will be the degree of diligence required? A: That of a good father of a family or that which the law provides Extraordinary » common carrier, doctors, banks Q: Who has the burden of proof? A: plaintiff III. CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN ACT OR OMISSION AND DAMAGE

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