Easements are established either by law or by the will of the owners. Things acquired by occupation, such as fishing and hunting, pertain to the conjugal partnership of gains. Every concession for the use of waters is understood to be without prejudice to third persons. In alternative legacies or devises, the choice is presumed to be left to the heir upon whom the obligation to give the legacy or devise may be imposed, or the executor or administrator of the estate if no particular heir is so obliged. 938. The debtor may recover what during the same time he has paid by mistake in case of a suspensive condition. However, the civil registrar may exempt himself from such liability if he proves that he has taken every reasonable precaution to prevent the unlawful alteration. (11a), Art. 1277. In quasi-delicts, exemplary damages may be granted if the defendant acted with gross negligence. He who constitutes an annuity by gratuitous title upon his property, may provide at the time the annuity is established that the same shall not be subject to execution or attachment on account of the obligations of the recipient of the annuity. Art. The principles of the general law on the reformation of instruments are hereby adopted insofar as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this Code. (1734), Art. Whoever pays for another may demand from the debtor what he has paid, except that if he paid without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, he can recover only insofar as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor. (545), Art. But the compromise may be annulled or rescinded if it refers only to one thing to which one of the parties has no right, as shown by the newly-discovered documents. Usage Frequency: 1 He shall be exempt from the obligation to restore who, believing in good faith that the payment was being made of a legitimate and subsisting claim, destroyed the document, or allowed the action to prescribe, or gave up the pledges, or cancelled the guaranties for his right. The vendor may bring his action against every possessor whose right is derived from the vendee, even if in the second contract no mention should have been made of the right to repurchase, without prejudice to the provisions of the Mortgage Law and the Land Registration Law with respect to third persons. 1588. (n), Art. 186. (756, 854, 674a). (n), Art. 122. Art. 1221. TITLE II FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES – We are going to know and learn about Title II of the Family Code of the Philippines. (2) If in fact the manager has been tacitly authorized by the owner. Art. 919. (473), Art. (714), Art. 802. 1964. (1882). If a partner authorized to manage collects a demandable sum which was owed to him in his own name, from a person who owed the partnership another sum also demandable, the sum thus collected shall be applied to the two credits in proportion to their amounts, even though he may have given a receipt for his own credit only; but should he have given it for the account of the partnership credit, the amount shall be fully applied to the latter. (481), Art. (1304), Art. 1271. (1819a), Art. (1896a), Art. 2074. The depositor shall reimburse the depositary for any loss arising from the character of the thing deposited, unless at the time of the constitution of the deposit the former was not aware of, or was not expected to know the dangerous character of the thing, or unless he notified the depositary of the same, or the latter was aware of it without advice from the depositor. The following are disqualified from being witnesses to a will: (2) Those who have been convicted of falsification of a document, perjury or false testimony. 1054. When a third person, without the knowledge of the debtor, pays the debt, the rights of the former are governed by Articles 1236 and 1237. Art. (815), Art. The same duty is incumbent upon the common carrier in case of an act of the public enemy referred to in Article 1734, No. Marriages between Filipino citizens abroad may be solemnized by consuls and vice-consuls of the Republic of the Philippines. If the contractor bound himself to furnish the material, he shall suffer the loss if the work should be destroyed before its delivery, save when there has been delay in receiving it. 564. (1439a). The spouses shall state, in a public document, all the property which they return to the marriage and which shall constitute the separate property of each. 720. (n). (916a). 2255. The court may grant the petition if it is satisfactorily shown that the best interest of the family requires the dissolution of the family home. If the guarantor has paid without notifying the debtor, and the latter not being aware of the payment, repeats the payment, the former has no remedy whatever against the debtor, but only against the creditor. Art. (1923a). (1091a), Art. In case the death certificate cannot be found, the party shall make an affidavit setting forth this circumstance and his or her actual civil status and the name and the date of the death of the deceased spouse. Interruption in the possession of the whole or a part of a thing possessed in common shall be to the prejudice of all the possessors. (751). (1524a), Art. Art. 1499. Art. The legitime of an illegitimate child who is neither an acknowledged natural, nor a natural child by legal fiction, shall be equal in every case to four-fifths of the legitime of an acknowledged natural child. By treasure is understood, for legal purposes, any hidden and unknown deposit of money, jewelry, or other precious objects, the lawful ownership of which does not appear. The same rule applies to any amount he may have taken from the partnership coffers, and his liability shall begin from the time he converted the amount to his own use. If the owner, in spite of such information, does not claim it within the period of one month, the depositary shall be relieved of all responsibility by returning the thing deposited to the depositor. The compulsory heirs shall not be liable for the charge beyond the amount of the free portion given them. (117a). 145. Quality: 1871. 1065. (n). This public document shall be recorded in the Registry of Property. Art. 1929. 1338. 63. (373a), Art. (1867). In the absence of stipulation, the risk of the things brought and appraised in the inventory, shall also be borne by the partnership, and in such case the claim shall be limited to the value at which they were appraised. 1634. Acceptance of the work by the employer relieves the contractor of liability for any defect in the work, unless: (2) The employer expressly reserves his rights against the contractor by reason of the defect. 1583. (953, 837a), Art. (862a), Art. Art. The will of an alien who is abroad produces effect in the Philippines if made with the formalities prescribed by the law of the place in which he resides, or according to the formalities observed in his country, or in conformity with those which this Code prescribes. 1643. From professional translators, enterprises, web pages and freely available translation repositories. (1878), Art. An acceptance may be express or implied. Usufruct is constituted by law, by the will of private persons expressed in acts inter vivos or in a last will and testament, and by prescription. An accepted promise to deliver something by way of commodatum or simple loan is binding upon parties, but the commodatum or simple loan itself shall not be perfected until the delivery of the object of the contract. (592), Art. Should any creditor whose claim is unsecured, oppose the establishment of the family home, the court shall grant the petition if the debtor gives sufficient security for the debt. 1198. Where goods are shipped, and by the bill of lading the goods are deliverable to the seller or his agent, or to the order of the seller or of his agent, the seller thereby reserves the ownership in the goods. A universal partnership may refer to all the present property or to all the profits. (n), Art. A private person or a public official extrajudicially abating a nuisance shall be liable for damages: (2) If an alleged nuisance is later declared by the courts to be not a real nuisance. (n). (1437), Art. 916. When there is a separation in fact between husband and wife, without judicial approval, the provisions of Article 178 shall apply. If the obligation is divisible, that part thereof which is not affected by the impossible or unlawful condition shall be valid. (n), Art. However, the sublessee shall not be responsible beyond the amount of rent due from him, in accordance with the terms of the sublease, at the time of the extrajudicial demand by the lessor. 1512. Whenever it is necessary to establish a compulsory easement of the right of way or for a watering place for animals, the provisions of this Section and those of Articles 640 and 641 shall be observed. A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his admission as though he had been a partner when such obligations were incurred, except that this liability shall be satisfied only out of partnership property, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary. (1901), Art. If the debts due are of the same nature and burden, the payment shall be applied to all of them proportionately. (1866a), Art. (n), Art. Where title to real property is in the name of the partnership, a conveyance executed by a partner, in his own name, passes the equitable interest of the partnership, provided the act is one within the authority of the partner under the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 1818. (n). In the latter case, the court shall reduce the loss to the proper sum. (1936a), Art. 955. (369a), Art. 116. (493). (1899), Art. For the determination of the applicable law in cases which are not specified elsewhere in this Code, the following articles shall be observed: (Pars. If the creditor is deceived on the substance or quality of the thing pledged, he may either claim another thing in its stead, or demand immediate payment of the principal obligation. (1445a), Art. 571. It may be brought by any one who may have an interest in the succession. (1160a), Art. The depositary is liable for the loss of the thing through a fortuitous event: (2) If he uses the thing without the depositor's permission; (4) If he allows others to use it, even though he himself may have been authorized to use the same. (2) Those where the consent is vitiated by mistake, violence, intimidation, undue influence or fraud. (1472a). Art. Every partner is responsible to the partnership for damages suffered by it through his fault, and he cannot compensate them with the profits and benefits which he may have earned for the partnership by his industry. But if the thing bequeathed, though not belonging to the testator when he made the will, afterwards becomes his, by whatever title, the disposition shall take effect. In testamentary succession, when the right of accretion does not take place, the vacant portion of the instituted heirs, if no substitute has been designated, shall pass to the legal heirs of the testator, who shall receive it with the same charges and obligations. (n), Art. (n), Art. (n), (4) Acts or omissions punished by law; and, Art. An error in the name, surname, or circumstances of the heir shall not vitiate the institution when it is possible, in any other manner, to know with certainty the person instituted. When the title comprises two or more pieces of land which have been assigned to two or more co-heirs, or when it covers one piece of land which has been divided between two or more co-heirs, the title shall be delivered to the one having the largest interest, and authentic copies of the title shall be furnished to the other co-heirs at the expense of the estate. (1140), Art. (404), Art. The heirs cannot ask for its partition during the first ten years following the death of the person constituting the same, unless the court finds powerful reasons therefor. 913. A conditional obligation may also be secured. 687. 1441. 1856. When two persons contract with regard to the same thing, one of them with the agent and the other with the principal, and the two contracts are incompatible with each other, that of prior date shall be preferred, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 1544. Art. Art. 1547. It is presumed that there was a mistake in the payment if something which had never been due or had already been paid was delivered; but he from whom the return is claimed may prove that the delivery was made out of liberality or for any other just cause. 1999. (1558a). In case it is impossible to deliver the same kind, its value at the time of the perfection of the loan shall be paid. (808a). Fruits naturally falling upon adjacent land belong to the owner of said land. 1460. Art. In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply: (2) Co-ownership or co-possession does not of itself establish a partnership, whether such-co-owners or co-possessors do or do not share any profits made by the use of the property; (3) The sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership, whether or not the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property from which the returns are derived; (4) The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but no such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment: (b) As wages of an employee or rent to a landlord; (c) As an annuity to a widow or representative of a deceased partner; (d) As interest on a loan, though the amount of payment vary with the profits of the business; (e) As the consideration for the sale of a goodwill of a business or other property by installments or otherwise. The adjudication of nominal damages shall preclude further contest upon the right involved and all accessory questions, as between the parties to the suit, or their respective heirs and assigns. 763. If the assignee has reasonable grounds to believe that the actual value of the family home exceeds the amount fixed in Article 231, he may take action under the provisions of Articles 247, 248 and 249. Art. Without prejudice to his obligation toward the sublessor, the sublessee is bound to the lessor for all acts which refer to the use and preservation of the thing leased in the manner stipulated between the lessor and the lessee. The wife retains the ownership of the paraphernal property. The law of the country to which the goods are to be transported shall govern the liability of the common carrier for their loss, destruction or deterioration. 362. 781. (1541a), Art. However, persons who are capable cannot allege the incapacity of those with whom they contracted; nor can those who exerted intimidation, violence, or undue influence, or employed fraud, or caused mistake base their action upon these flaws of the contract. The testator may entrust to a third person the distribution of specific property or sums of money that he may leave in general to specified classes or causes, and also the designation of the persons, institutions or establishments to which such property or sums are to be given or applied. (n), Art. Art. 73. The annuity may be constituted upon the life of the person who gives the capital, upon that of a third person, or upon the lives of various persons, all of whom must be living at the time the annuity is established. If during the pendency of the civil action, an information should be presented by the prosecuting attorney, the civil action shall be suspended until the termination of the criminal proceedings. In case of mistake or fraud, from the time of the discovery of the same. Persons of either sex under eighteen years of age cannot make a will. In no case may possession be acquired through force or intimidation as long as there is a possessor who objects thereto. 1983. With the exception of moderate donations for charity, neither husband nor wife can donate any property of the conjugal partnership without the consent of the other. (884a). The net remainder of the conjugal partnership of gains shall be divided equally between the husband and the wife or their respective heirs, unless a different basis of division was agreed upon in the marriage settlements. (n), Art. 34. Art. (n), Art. The owner of the thing may, should he so desire, give the possessor in good faith the right to finish the cultivation and gathering of the growing fruits, as an indemnity for his part of the expenses of cultivation and the net proceeds; the possessor in good faith who for any reason whatever should refuse to accept this concession, shall lose the right to be indemnified in any other manner. 1807. Art. When the payment cannot be applied in accordance with the preceding rules, or if application can not be inferred from other circumstances, the debt which is most onerous to the debtor, among those due, shall be deemed to have been satisfied. In case of death of the house helper, the head of the family shall bear the funeral expenses if the house helper has no relatives in the place where the head of the family lives, with sufficient means therefor. 894. (454), Art. It is not necessary that such overt act should be communicated to the buyer, but the giving or failure to give notice to the buyer of the intention to rescind shall be relevant in any issue involving the question whether the buyer had been in default for an unreasonable time before the right of rescission was asserted. If the lease was made for a determinate time, it ceases upon the day fixed, without the need of a demand. (1669), Art. (n), Support also includes the education of the person entitled to be supported until he completes his education or training for some profession, trade or vocation, even beyond the age of majority. However, in case of fraud in the management of the partnership, the assignee may avail himself of the usual remedies. 896. If the servient estate is divided between two or more persons, the easement is not modified, and each of them must bear it on the part which corresponds to him. However, in case of civil interruption, the Rules of Court shall apply. The rules under this Title are without prejudice to special provisions on damages formulated elsewhere in this Code. Consequently, no public official shall attempt to inquire into the truth or validity of any religious doctrine held by the applicant or by his church. When the agreement is not illegal per se but is merely prohibited, and the prohibition by the law is designated for the protection of the plaintiff, he may, if public policy is thereby enhanced, recover what he has paid or delivered. 2191. When the donor intends that the donation shall take effect during the lifetime of the donor, though the property shall not be delivered till after the donor's death, this shall be a donation inter vivos. The duties of the local civil registrar and of a judge or justice of the peace or mayor with regard to the celebration of marriage shall be performed by such consuls and vice-consuls. Art. 1694. With respect to incorporeal property, the provisions of the first paragraph of article 1498 shall govern. 1325. When a piece of work has been entrusted to a person by reason of his personal qualifications, the contract is rescinded upon his death. (1960a), Art. 1427. (1459a), But if the thing should have been lost in part only, the vendee may choose between withdrawing from the contract and demanding the remaining part, paying its price in proportion to the total sum agreed upon. Those who by their fault may have caused the damage shall be liable for the expenses. 1316. From the provisions of the preceding article shall be excepted the assignments or sales made: (2) To a creditor in payment of his credit; (3) To the possessor of a tenement or piece of land which is subject to the right in litigation assigned. 717. In such cases the testamentary dispositions made in accordance with law shall be complied with and the remainder of the estate shall pass to the legal heirs. He cannot complain of the reasonable requirements of aerial navigation. (920a), Art. Art. (30a). (1776a), Art. (1677), Art. (1460a). (1964a). Art. The obligation to give a determinate thing includes that of delivering all its accessions and accessories, even though they may not have been mentioned. Art. Until then the responsibility of the debtor shall be governed by the following rules: (2) If the loss of one of the things occurs through the fault of the debtor, the creditor may claim any of those subsisting, or the price of that which, through the fault of the former, has disappeared, with a right to damages; (3) If all the things are lost through the fault of the debtor, the choice by the creditor shall fall upon the price of any one of them, also with indemnity for damages. When dissolution is caused in contravention of the partnership agreement the rights of the partners shall be as follows: (b) The right, as against each partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully, to damages breach of the agreement. 2002. Every owner may increase the height of the party wall, doing at his own expense and paying for any damage which may be caused by the work, even though such damage be temporary. The conjugal partnership shall commence precisely on the date of the celebration of the marriage. Art. (n). 2234. The agent is responsible not only for fraud, but also for negligence, which shall be judged with more or less rigor by the courts, according to whether the agency was or was not for a compensation. (161), Art. Art. Art. 1205. By ordinary repairs are understood such as are required by the wear and tear due to the natural use of the thing and are indispensable for its preservation. Mistake upon a doubtful or difficult question of law may be the basis of good faith. 900. (1666a), Art. The vendor shall not be bound to deliver the thing sold, if the vendee has not paid him the price, or if no period for the payment has been fixed in the contract. 1337. The amount of support, in the cases referred to in the five numbers of article 291, shall be in proportion to the resources or means of the giver and to the necessities of the recipient. 600. The legatee or devisee acquires a right to the pure and simple legacies or devises from the death of the testator, and transmits it to his heirs. The incidents of this co-ownership are such that: (2) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not assignable except in connection with the assignment of rights of all the partners in the same property; (3) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to attachment or execution, except on a claim against the partnership. Should they not be able to read and write, the inheritance shall be accepted by their guardians. 183. 2009. No decree of legal separation shall be promulgated upon a stipulation of facts or by confession of judgment. (n), Art. Art. Quality: The profit the seller would have made if the contract or the sale had been fully performed shall be considered in awarding the damages. The indivisibility of a pledge or mortgage is not affected by the fact that the debtors are not solidarily liable. If the legacy or device is of a specific and determinate thing pertaining to the testator, the legatee or devisee acquires the ownership thereof upon the death of the testator, as well as any growing fruits, or unborn offspring of animals, or uncollected income; but not the income which was due and unpaid before the latter's death. These provisions are without prejudice to venue under the Rules of Court. The following actions must be filed within one year: Art. 1950. (n). Where the goods have been delivered to the buyer, he cannot rescind the sale if he knew of the breach of warranty when he accepted the goods without protest, or if he fails to notify the seller within a reasonable time of the election to rescind, or if he fails to return or to offer to return the goods to the seller in substantially as good condition as they were in at the time the ownership was transferred to the buyer. Art. 1686. 2045. If the price of a sale of property is loaned or paid by one person for the benefit of another and the conveyance is made to the lender or payor to secure the payment of the debt, a trust arises by operation of law in favor of the person to whom the money is loaned or for whom its is paid. Only movable things may be the object of a deposit. Art. In the case of the preceding article, the co-guarantors may set up against the one who paid, the same defenses which would have pertained to the principal debtor against the creditor, and which are not purely personal to the debtor. A sub-guarantor, in case of the insolvency of the guarantor for whom he bound himself, is responsible to the co-guarantors in the same terms as the guarantor. Nevertheless, in case the thing united for the use, embellishment or perfection of the other, is much more precious than the principal thing, the owner of the former may demand its separation, even though the thing to which it has been incorporated may suffer some injury. Art. (n), Art. 1774. When the accused in a criminal prosecution is acquitted on the ground that his guilt has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt, a civil action for damages for the same act or omission may be instituted. 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