JOSEPH NOEL E.

TOBILLA BSEE-V

Article 1314
 Any third person who induces another to violate his contract shall be liable for damages to the
other contracting party.

 Kung sinumang hindi partido sa kontrata ang manghihikayat na labagin ng partido sa kontrata
ang laman ng kontrata, siya ay mananagot sa danyos sa naperhuwisyong tao na partido sa
kontrata.

Elements (in torts):

 Existence of a valid contract

 Knowledge on the part of the third person of the existence of the contract

 Interference of the third person without legal justification or excuse (the third person acted with
malice, or was driven by purely impious reasons)

Nature:
 The liability of the intermeddler and the person for whom he intermeddled is solidary. This is
because the act is a quasi-delict and in quasi-delict, the responsibility is solidary.

 Malice is essential to make the intermeddler liable.

Requisites (in interference in contractual relations)

 There must be an existing valid contract between two or more persons

 The third person is aware of the existence of the contract

 The third person interferes by inducing a party to violate the contract and the contract thus was
violated

 The interference is without legal justification or valid excuse

Case Illustration: So Ping Bun vs Court of Appeals 314 SCRA 752,

September 21, 1999
 In this case, petitioner asked DCCSI to execute lease of contracts in favor of his company,
Trendsetter Marketing and as a result, the petitioner deprived the respondent corporation of his
property rights. Hence, petitioner is liable for damages.
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Article 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.

 Ang mga kontrata na naperpekto sa pamamagitan ng pahintulot, at mula sa panahon na ang mga
patido ay obligado hindi lamang sa katuparan ng nabangit na stipulasyon kundi pati na rin sa mga
kahihinatnan na kung saan, ayon sa kanilang likas, ay pag sunod ng buong pagtitiwala, pag gamit
at batas.

Perfection of a contract
 the moment from which it exists; the juridical tie between the parties arises from that time.

 the mere consent which is the meeting of the minds of the parties upon the terms of the contract

Consensual Contracts
 A contract founded upon and completed by the mere consent of the contracting parties, without
any external formality or symbolic act to fix the obligation.

 Example: marriage, partnership agreement

Binding Effect of Contract

 The binding force of such contracts are not limited to what is expressly stipulated, but extends to
all consequences which are the natural effect of the contract, considering its true purpose, the
stipulations it contains, and the object involved.
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