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GENERAL PROVISIONS How long is the prescriptive period of paying

debt? 10 years(written), 6 years


What is the problem with the Art. 1156 of the (unwritten;verbal)
NCC? It only views the concept only from the Is verbal debt allowed? Yes.
debt side. Debt cannot exist w/o a credit and 10 years of written debt: Civil Obligation
that the credit is an asset in the patrimony of the because it is due and demandable.
creditor just as the debt is a liability of the Is it prescribed? Yes. Because it is way past the
obligor. prescribed period which is 10 years.
What did the debtor do para mabuhay ulit yung
What are the requisites of obligation for it to utang niya after 10yrs? Debtor recognized his
exist? debt by applying for a new promissory note
-Passive and Active Subject
-Juridical Tie Manzanilla Case
-Prestation Source: Contract (Mortgage Loan)
Creditor: GSIS
What are the sources of obligation? Law, Debtor: Manzanilla spouses
contracts, quasi-contracts, acts or omissions Remedy made by GSIS? Foreclosure of the
punished by law, quasi-delicts. property
Is it GSIS’s obligation to allow the redemption
Def of obligation by Arias Ramos: A juridical of property? No. Because there is no law
relation whereby a person (creditor) may available allowing the grant of redemption.
demand from another (debtor) the observance
of a determinate conduct, and in case of breach,
may obtain satisfaction from the assets of the
latter.

Can I sue someone for non-payment of debt?


No. According to Sec. 3, Art. III of the 1987
Constitution no person shall be imprisoned for
debt or non-payment of a poll tax.

Mariano Un Ocampo III Case:


Source of obligation: Contract
Creditor: Governor Ocampo
Debtor: Lingkod Tarlac Foundation
Prestation: To give the money to the foundation
and the foundation will return the money to the
government
Why is the case not a malversation? Because
there is no element of public fund present in the
case.

Civil vs. Natural Obligation: The former give


right to action to compel their performance
while the latter do not grant a right of action to
enforce their performance as it is based on
equity and natural law.

Rural Bank of Paranaque Case


Natural Obligation (no binding agreement on
repurchase; there is no obligation)
“Equity follows the Law” there may be moral
obligation but if there is no enforceable legal
duty the action has to fail. Although the
disadvantage deserves sympathy

PNB v. Adil Case


Evidence of debt? Promissory note

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