Assignment For February 8, 2020 General Provisions On Obligations
Assignment For February 8, 2020 General Provisions On Obligations
Assignment For February 8, 2020 General Provisions On Obligations
CASES:
2. Luis Pichel vs. Prudencio Alonzo G.R.No. L- 36902 January 30, 1982
3. Benigno del Rio vs. Carlo Palanca. G.R. No. L-2450. May 31, 1949
8. Philippine National Bank vs. Court of Appeals and B.P. Mata and Co., G.R. No. 97995, January 21, 1993.
11. Metro Manila Transport Corporation and Apolinario Ajoc vs. C.A. and Col. Sabalburo et al, G.R.No. 141089, August 1, 2002.
13. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company vs. Ana Grace Rosales, G.R. No. 183204, January 13, 2014
14. Saludaga vs. FEU, G.R. No. 179337, April 30, 2008
15. Andres vs. Manufacturers Hanover and Trust Corporation, G.R. No. 82670, September 15, 1989
1. DEFINITION OF OBLIGATION (ART. 1156, NCC)
Art. 1156. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (n)
b) A passive subject, who is bound to perform the prestation, known as debtor or obligor.
c) An object or the prestation which may consist in the act of giving, doing or not doing something.
d) The vinculum juris or the juridical tie between the two subjects by reason of which the debtor is bound in favor of
the creditor to perform the prestation. It is the legal tie which constitutes the source of obligation—the coercive force
which makes the obligation demandable. It is the legal tie which constitutes the devise of obligation… the coercive
force which makes the obligation demandable.
Art. 1424. When a right to sue upon a civil obligation has lapsed by extinctive prescription, the obligor who voluntarily
performs the contract cannot recover what he has delivered or the value of the service he has rendered.
Art. 1425. When without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, a third person pays a debt which the obligor is
not legally bound to pay because the action thereon has prescribed, but the debtor later voluntarily reimburses the third
person, the obligor cannot recover what he has paid.
Art. 1426. When a minor between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who has entered into a contract without the
consent of the parent or guardian, after the annulment of the contract voluntarily returns the whole thing or price
received, notwithstanding the fact the he has not been benefited thereby, there is no right to demand the thing or price
thus returned.
Art. 1427. When a minor between eighteen and twenty-one years of age, who has entered into a contract without the
consent of the parent or guardian, voluntarily pays a sum of money or delivers a fungible thing in fulfillment of the
obligation, there shall be no right to recover the same from the obligee who has spent or consumed it in good faith.
(1160A)
Art. 1428. When, after an action to enforce a civil obligation has failed the defendant voluntarily performs the obligation,
he cannot demand the return of what he has delivered or the payment of the value of the service he has rendered.
Art. 1429. When a testate or intestate heir voluntarily pays a debt of the decedent exceeding the value of the property
which he received by will or by the law of intestacy from the estate of the deceased, the payment is valid and cannot be
rescinded by the payer.
Art. 1430. When a will is declared void because it has not been executed in accordance with the formalities required by
law, but one of the intestate heirs, after the settlement of the debts of the deceased, pays a legacy in compliance with a
clause in the defective will, the payment is effective and irrevocable.
Art. 1158. Obligations derived from law are not presumed. Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special
laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them; and as to what has not
been foreseen, by the provisions of this Book. (1090)
Art. 1159. Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be
complied with in good faith. (1091a)
4.3. QUASI-CONTRACTS (ART. 1160, NCC) DEFINITION; KINDS
This are judicial relation arising from certain lawful,voluntary and unilateral acts by virtue of which the parties
become bound to each other based on the principle that no one shall be unjustly enriched or benefited at the expenses
of another.
a) Voluntary takes charge of the agency or management of the business or property of another.
b) Without any power from the latter.
Example;
Mr. Juan the caretaker of house for rent recieved the amount of more than the boarders due. Mr. Juan without the
power of the owner of the house increase the payment which is not due to the boarders. Mr.Juan has the obligation to
return the money paid which is not due to the boarders.
While an act or omission is felonious because it is punished by law, the criminal act gives rise to civil liability as it caused
damage to another. Civil liability arising from delicts:
Restitution – which is the restoration of or returning the object of the crime to the injured party.
Reparation – which is the payment by the offender of the value of the object of the crime, when such object cannot
be returned to the injured party.
Indemnification – the consequential damages which includes the payment of other damages that may have been
caused to the injures party.
Illustration:
Mario was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment by the Court for the crime of theft, the gold wrist watch, of Rito.
In addition to whatever penalty that the Court may impose, Mario may also be ordered to return (restitution) the gold
wrist watch to Rito. If restitution is no longer possible, for Mario to pay the value (reparation) of the gold wrist watch.
In addition to either restitution or reparation, Mario shall also pay for damages (indemnification) suffered by Rito.
REQUISITES OF QUASI-DELICTS
There must be fault of negligence attributable to the offended;
There must be damage or injury caused to another;
There is no pre-existing contract.