The document discusses various aspects of obligations under Philippine contract law, including:
- The prescriptive period for paying debts is 10 years for written debts and 6 years for unwritten/verbal debts.
- For a debt to be revived after the prescriptive period, the debtor must acknowledge the debt, such as by applying for a new promissory note.
- Sources of obligations include contracts, quasi-contracts, acts or omissions punished by law, and quasi-delicts.
- An obligation is a juridical relationship where a creditor can demand a determinate conduct from a debtor and obtain satisfaction from the debtor's assets if the obligation is breached.
The document discusses various aspects of obligations under Philippine contract law, including:
- The prescriptive period for paying debts is 10 years for written debts and 6 years for unwritten/verbal debts.
- For a debt to be revived after the prescriptive period, the debtor must acknowledge the debt, such as by applying for a new promissory note.
- Sources of obligations include contracts, quasi-contracts, acts or omissions punished by law, and quasi-delicts.
- An obligation is a juridical relationship where a creditor can demand a determinate conduct from a debtor and obtain satisfaction from the debtor's assets if the obligation is breached.
The document discusses various aspects of obligations under Philippine contract law, including:
- The prescriptive period for paying debts is 10 years for written debts and 6 years for unwritten/verbal debts.
- For a debt to be revived after the prescriptive period, the debtor must acknowledge the debt, such as by applying for a new promissory note.
- Sources of obligations include contracts, quasi-contracts, acts or omissions punished by law, and quasi-delicts.
- An obligation is a juridical relationship where a creditor can demand a determinate conduct from a debtor and obtain satisfaction from the debtor's assets if the obligation is breached.
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
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