Article 1160

Question 1

A Quasi contract is…..

Answer 1

that juridical relation resulting from lawful, voluntary and unilateral acts by virtue of which the parties become bound to each other to the end that no one will be unjust enriched or benefitted at the expense of another

Question 2

Article 1160

Answer 2

Obligations derived from quasi-contracts shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1,Title XVII of this Book

Question 3

Basically A Quasi-Contract is not, properly, a contract at all. True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In a Quasi-Contract, there is no consent but the same is supplied by fiction of law. In other words….

Answer 4

The law considers the parties as having entered into a contract, although they have not actually done so, and irrespective of their intention, to prevent injustice or the unjust enrichment of a person at the expense of another,

Question 5

Negotiorum gestio

Answer 5

Is the voluntary management of the property or affairs of another without the knowledge or consent of the latter (Article 2144)

Question 6

Solutio indebiti

Answer 6

Is created when something is received when there is no right to demand it and it was unduly delivered through mistake
(Article 2154)

Based on the principle that no one shall enrich himself unjustly at the expense of another.