CHAPTER 9

VOID AND INEXISTENT CONTRACTS

Art. 1409. The following contracts are _____________ and __________ from the ______________:
(1) Those whose __________, object or ___________ is contrary to law, morals, good customs, public
order or public policy;
(2) Those which are absolutely _________or _______________;
(3) Those whose ____________ or object did not ___________ at the time of the ________________;
(4) Those whose ______________ is outside the _____________ of men;
(5) Those which _______________ an _____________ service;
(6) Those where the _______________ of the parties __________ to the ____________ object of the
contract cannot be _______________;
(7) Those expressly ____________ or ______________ void by law.
These contracts cannot be ____________. Neither can the right to set up the ___________ of
_____________ be waived.
Art. 1410. The action or defense for the ___________of the ___________ of a contract does not
______________.
Art. 1411. When the __________ proceeds from the ____________ of the cause or _________ of the
contract, and the act ___________ a criminal ____________, both parties being in pari delicto, they
shall have _____________action against each other, and both shall be ____________. Moreover, the
provisions of the Penal Code relative to the _____________ of effects or _____________ of a __________
shall be applicable to the ____________ or the ___________ of the contract.
This rule shall be applicable when only one of the parties is ___________; but the _________ one
may claim what he has __________, and shall not be __________ to comply with his
_________________. (1305)
Art. 1412. If the ________ in which the __________ or ____________ cause consists does __________
constitute a criminal offense, the following rules shall be _____________:
(1) When the ___________t is on the part of _________ contracting parties, neither may ____________
what he has given by __________ of the contract, or demand the performance of the other's
_______________;
(2) When only __________ of the contracting parties is at ____________, he cannot ___________ what
he has given by ___________ of the contract, or __________ for the ____________ of what has been
______________ him. The other, who is ________ at fault, may ____________ the return of what he has
_______ without _________ obligation to comply his promise. (1306)
Art. 1413. ________paid in __________ of the interest allowed by the __________ laws may be
recovered by the debtor, with _________ thereon from the _____________ of the payment.
Art. 1414. When _________ is paid or ____________ delivered for an ____________ purpose, the
contract may be ___________ by one of the parties before the purpose has been __________, or
before any damage has been __________ to a third person. In such case, the _________ may, if the
_________ interest will thus be __________, allow the party _____________ the contract to recover the
money or property.
Art. 1415. Where one of the parties to an illegal contract is _________ of giving consent, the courts
may, if the interest of __________ so demands _____________ recovery of money or property
___________ by the incapacitated person.

Art. 1416. When the _____________ is not illegal per se but is merely ____________, and the
_____________by the law is ___________ for the protection of the _______________, he may, if public
________ is thereby ____________, recover what he has paid or delivered.

Art. 1417. When the ________ of any __________ or ___________ is determined by ____________, or by
authority of law, any person paying any amount in ____________ of the ___________ price allowed
may recover such __________.
Art. 1418. When the law ________, or ___________ the fixing of the maximum number of __________
of labor, and a contract is entered into whereby a _____________ undertakes to work ___________
than the ________ thus fixed, he may demand __________ compensation for _____________ rendered
beyond the __________ limit.
Art. 1419. When the law ________, or authorizes the _____________ of a ________wage for laborers,
and a contract is agreed upon by which a laborer ___________ a _________ wage, he shall be
entitled to recover the _____________.
Art. 1420. In case of a ____________ contract, if the _________ terms can be __________ from the
_________ ones, the latter may be __________.
Art. 1421. The ________ of illegality of contract is not _________ to third persons whose interests
are not directly __________.
Art. 1422. A ___________ which is the _________ result of a ________ illegal contract, is also ________
and ____________.
Title III. - NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Art. 1423. Obligations are __________ or ________. Civil obligations give a ______ of action to ______
their ______. Natural obligations, not being based on _________ law but on _______ and _______ law,
do not __________ a right of action to enforce their ___________, but after __________ _____________
by the obligor, they authorize the _________ of what has been delivered or rendered by reason
thereof. Some natural obligations are set forth in the following articles.
Art. 1424. When a right to ___________ upon a _________ obligation has lapsed by ________
prescription, the obligor who _________ performs the contract cannot ________ what he has
delivered or the _________ of the service he has ___________.
Art. 1425. When without the _________ or against the ___________ of the debtor, a third person
________ a debt which the ________ is not ________ bound to pay because the action thereon has
________, but the debtor later voluntarily __________ the third person, the obligor cannot recover
what he has __________.
Art. 1426. When a __________ between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who has entered
into a contract without the __________ of the parent or guardian, after the ___________ of the
contract voluntarily ___________ the whole thing or price ________, notwithstanding the fact the he
has not been ___________ thereby, there is no right to demand the thing or price thus ___________.
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, _________ pays a sum of __________ or
delivers a _________ thing in fulfillment of the __________, there shall be no right to _________ the
same from the ________ who has __________ or ________ it in good faith. (1160A)
Art. 1428. When, after an ___________ to __________ a civil obligation has ___________ the _________
voluntarily performs the obligation, he cannot ___________ the return of what he has delivered or
the ____________ of the value of the service he has rendered.
Art. 1429. When a ____________ or ______________ heir voluntarily pays a debt of the _____________
exceeding the value of the property which he received by ____________ or by the law of
____________ from the ___________ of the ______________, the payment is valid and cannot be
____________by the __________.
Art. 1430. When a ___________ is ___________ void because it has not been __________ in
accordance with the ___________ required by law, but one of the ___________ heirs, after the

___________ of the __________ of the ____________, pays a __________ in ___________ with a ________ in
the ___________ will, the payment is ___________ and ____________.