Article 1307-1311 Flashcards
NOMINATE CONTRACT
•That which has a specific name (commodatum, lease, sale, etc.)
INNOMINATE CONTRACT
•Has no specific name or designation in law.
KINDS OF INNOMINATE CONTRACT
- do ut des
- do ut facias
- facto ut des
- facto ut facias
RULES GOVERNING INNOMINATE CONTRACTS
- the agreement of the parties
- the provisions of the Civil Code on obligations and contracts
- the rules governing the most analogous contracts
- the customs of the place
CONTRACT BINDS BOTH CONTRACTING PARTIES
•It is a fundamental rule that no party can renounce or violate the law of the contract without the consent of the other.
DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE BY A THIRD PERSON
•The compliance of the contract cannot be left to the will of one of the contracting parties. However the determination of the performance may be left to a third person.
INEQUITABLE
•The contracting party is not bound by the determination if it is evidently inequitable or unjust as when the third person acted in bad faith or by mistake.
GENERAL RULE (Persons affected by the contract)
A party’s rights and obligations derived from a contract are transmissible to the successors.
EXCEPTIONS:
- by their nature
- by stipulation
- by provision of law
THIRD PERSON
•One who has not taken part in a contract and is, therefore, a stranger to the contract.
CASES WHEN A THIRD PERSON MAY BE AFFECTED BY A CONTRACT
- Stipulation pour autrui
- Contracts creating real rights
- Contracts entered into to defraud creditors
- Contracts violated at the inducement of a third person
STIPULATION POUR AUTRUI
•A stipulation in a contract clearly and deliberately conferring a favor upon a third person who has a right to demand its fulfillment provided he communicates his acceptance to the obligor before its revocation by the obligee or the original parties.
CLASSES OF STIPULATION POUR AUTRUI
- Intended for the sole benefit of such person.
* Due from the promise to the third person which the former seeks to discharge by means of such stipulation
REQUISITES OF STIPULATION POUR AUTRUI
- The contracting parties by their stipulation must have clearly and deliberately conferred a favor upon a third person
- The third person must have communicated his acceptance to the obligor before its revocation by the obligee
- The stipulation in favor of the third person should be a part and not the whole of the contract
- The favorable stipulation should not be conditioned or compensated by any kind of obligation whatever
- Neither of the contracting parties bears the legal representation or authorization of the third party.