CHAPTER 4 - EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATION (ART. 1231 - 1304) Flashcards
Obligations are extinguished by:
(1) By payment or performance
(2) By the loss of the thing due;
(3) By the condonation or remission of the debt
(4) By the confusion or merger of the rights
(5) By compensation;
(6) By novation
Requisites of Payment or Performance
There should always be a pre-existing obligation. Because when there is no obligation, there is no payment.
When does a debt considered paid? What are the two requisites?
- Integrity of the prestation
- Identity of the prestation
Pertains to the prestation be fulfilled completely
Integrity of the prestation
What are the exceptions to the integrity of the prestation?
Substantial compliance in good faith (Art. 1234)
Waiver (Art. 1235)
Application of payment if the debts are equally onerous (Art. 1254)
Pertains to the very prestation must be delivered or performed
Identity of the prestation
Who has the burden of proving payment between debtor and creditor?
Debtor
What should the creditor prove in terms of payment?
If there is an existing obligation
P obliged himself to sell 1,000 bags of cement to G for certain price. P is willing to deliver 1,000 bags however, P can only deliver 950,000 bags of cement due to shortage of cement. What would be the effect of payment?
P may recover as though there had been a strict and complete fulfillment, less damages. (Art. 1234)
And creditor will enforce his right to damages for failure of P to deliver the remaining sacks of cement. (Cost of the remaining sacks of cement)
When the obligation is fulfilled by the debtor even without following the agreement, and creditor accepts it without complaining. What will happen to the obligation?
The creditor is now estop to question. The obligation is now extinguished.
Is there a required protest or rejection by the creditor if he is not satisfied with the fulfillment of the obligation?
No required protest or rejection, as long as the creditor acts that he is not satisfied with the performance, the obligation will not be deemed or extinguished.
When there is a payment by a third person, the creditor is bound to accept payment by whom?
Debtor
Any person who has an interest in the obligation such as guarantor or co-debtor
What is the exception when there is a payment by a third person and the creditor is bound to accept the payment
When there is a stipulation that he can make payment
Effect of payment by a third person/ stranger with the debtor’s knowledge and consent
- Reimbursement
- Subrogation
What is subrogation?
The payor steps into the shoes of the creditor. Third person can foreclose the accessory of what he had paid.
Effect of payment by a third person/ stranger without the debtor’s knowledge and consent
Beneficial Reimbursement
What is Beneficial Reimbursement?
If there is a payment without the knowledge and consent of the debtor, the third person can only recover only so far as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor. He is not entitled to subrogation
Effect when payment by a third person does not want to be reimbursed
- The payment shall be deemed to be a donation which requires the debtor’s consent.
Effect when payment by a third person does not want to be reimbursed is without the consent of the debtor?
If the debtor does not consent, the payment shall nevertheless be valid to the creditor who has accepted it. (Art. 1238)
In such a case, the third person can only recover insofar as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor; he is also not entitled to subrogation. (Arts. 1236 and 1237)
Payment must be made by the debtor who must possess the following:
- The free disposal of the thing due
- The capacity to alienate the thing
What is the free disposal of the thing due?
The property delivered should not be subject to any claim by, or encumbrances in favor of, third persons.
What will happen to the payment if a property mortgaged is used as payment by the debtor to a creditor other than the mortgagee?
The payment will not be valid
The said property can be made to answer for the debt secured in case of foreclosure of the mortgage
What is the capacity to alienate the thing?
The debtor must not be incapable of giving consent
Effect on payment in obligations to give if debtor does not have free disposal and capacity to alienate
The payment shall not be valid except in cases provided by law (Art. 1239).
D owes C P50,000.00. On due date, C demands payment but D cannot pay. C, however, learns that D has a receivable from X so he files a court action against D and asks the court to order X not to make any payment to D. The court issues the order. What will happen to the payment if X pays D?
The payment will not be valid because there is an order of retention from the court.
Should the court favor C in its judgment in the case filed by C against D, X can be required to pay again, this time to C
To whom payment must be made?
Obligee or creditor (obligation has been constituted; incase there has been subrogation)
Creditor’s successor in interest, such as his heirs or assigns
Any person authorized to receive it (e.i. bank, utility companies)
Authorized by the creditor
Authorized by law
Is the payment valid when it is given in the wrong person even if debtor acted in good faith?
As a general rule, No
Is the payment to a person who is incapacitated to administer his property is valid?
No, except when he has kept the thing delivered and if payment has been beneficial to him
P owes G 1M. When P will pay G, G was already insane. However, the money was never spent, and it is still in the possession of G. Is the obligation extinguished?
Yes, even when G became incapacitated to administer his property, but he has kept the thing delivered therefore the payment is valid. (Art. 1241, 1st parag)
Suppose that there was a fraud commit by E, E sold a ring to G worth 1,000,000 even if the ring was only 500,000. Does the payment remains to be valid?
Yes, the payment is still valid, but only up to an amount of 500,000 because this is only the amount which G was benefitted from P’s payment. (Art. 1241, 1st paragraph)
Who has the burden of proving that the payee benefited?
THE DEBTOR, because he was the one who made the payment. Debtor has the burden of proving that the payment benefitted the incapacitated payee.
Exception to the General Rule of payment to an unauthorized third person
a. If the payment has redounded to the benefit of the creditor. Such benefit is not presumed; hence, it must be proven by the debtor.
b. If the payment is made in good faith to a third person in possession of the credit.
Exception to the first exception of payment to an unauthorized third person
1) If after the payment, the third person acquires the creditor’s rights (such as when the third person becomes the assignee of the instrument evidencing the credit).
2) If the creditor ratifies the payment to the third person
3) If by the creditor’s conduct, the debtor has been led to believe that the third person had the authority to receive payment
M makes a note payable to bearer and delivers it to P. The note, however, is lost by P and is picked up by A. A goes to M to collect on the note. M pays A believing in good faith that A is the intended bearer. Is the obligation of M already extinguished?
Yes, M is released from liability
What is the effect of payment made to the creditor by the debtor after the debtor has been judicially ordered to retain the debt?
Thee payment will not be valid. The court order is known as garnishment
P owes G 1M. G also owes B 1M. B files action against G to get the 1M however, G claims insolvency but P has a debt to G amounting to 1M. Before P pays G 1M. P was asked by the court to retain the money in the meantime (the debt is garnished). During this time, the decision was pending. What is the effect of payment when P paid G?
The payment will not be valid
How must payment be made in Art. 1244?
- There must be delivery of the thing or rendition of the service that was contemplated.
D is obliged to give C a Seiko wristwatch. D compelled C to accept a Rolex wristwatch that is more valuable than a Seiko. Is the payment valid?
No, D cannot compel C to accept a Rolex wristwatch even if the latter is more valuable than a Seiko. (Art. 1244)
D is obliged to paint C’s house. D proceeds to substitute it with an obligation to paint C’s car. Is the payment valid?
No, he cannot substitute it with an obligation to paint C’s car.
D borrowed 10,000 from C. C gave D one year to pay provided D must not enter a casino before he has paid the debt. D ask C that the obligation not to enter a casino be substituted with not to drink and smoke during the term of the loan. Is the payment valid?
No
What are the exceptions in the general rule on how payment must be made in Art. 1244?
- Facultative Obligation
- Other agreement resulting in
a. Dation of payment (Art. 1245)
b. Novation (Art. 1291) - Waiver of creditor
What are the special forms of payment?
- Dation in payment
- Application of payment
- Payment by cession
- Tender of payment and consignation
Also known as dacion en pago, adjudicación en pago or datio in solutum
Dation in payment
It is a specjal form of payment where the ownership of property is transferred to his creditor to pay a debt in money. (Art. 1245)
Dation in payment
D owes C P10,000.00. On due date, D proposes to C to accept a ring in payment of D’s debt of 10,000.00. C agrees to D’s proposal and accepts the ring. Is D’s obligation extinguished? And in what special form of payment?
Yes, D’s monetary obligation is extinguished by dation in payment.
When the obligation consist in the delivery of a indeterminate or generic thing, whose quality and circumstances have not been stated, what would be the general rule?
Creditor cannot demand a thing of superior quality
Debtor cannot deliver a thing with inferior quality
Exceptions to the general rule when the obligation consist in the delivery of a indeterminate or generic thing, whose quality and circumstances have not been stated
When both of them insist to accept (creditor) and deliver (debtor) a thing
When quantity and kind is not yet determined in the contract. What would be the effect of the obligation?
The contract is void, there will be no obligation
General rule in payment of extrajudicial expense
The payment shall be for the account of the debtor
Exception in the general rule in payment of extrajudicial expense
If there is a stipulation that the creditor will pay for the extrajudicial expenses for the payment
General Rule when partial payments may be made
The creditor cannot be compelled to receive, and the debtor cannot be compelled to make, partial payments
Exceptions to the general rule when partial payments may be made
a. When there is an agreement to that effect. (Art. 1248)
However, the payment must still be made in full at some future time in accordance with the agreement, to extinguish the obligation
b. When the debt is in part liquidated (e.i, the amount is fixed)
and in part unliquidated or not yet fixed, the creditor may demand and the debtor may effect the payment of the former without waiting for the liquidation of the latter. (Art. 1248)
The unliquidated part, once it is finally determined, must also be paid, to extinguish the obligation
Partial payment or performance is allowed when;
- There is a stipulation for that effect
- When debt is in part liquidated and in part unliquidated
P owes G 1M due today. What are the rules?
P cannot compel G to pay 500,000 G cannot compel P to only pay 500,000
P owes G 1M due today. P cannot compel G to pay 500,000 G cannot compel P to only pay 500,000. What are the exceptions to the general rule in partial payment?
Unless, there is an agreement
When the debt is in part liquidated (e.i, the amount is fixed)
P owes G 1M plus damages. The 1M is already known and liquidated and already due but the damages is not yet fixed. What would be the rule?
G can demand payment and P can pay the 1M
The amount of damages can be paid later on in order to extinguish the obligation.
The currency which if offered by the debtor in the right amount, the creditor must accept in payment of the debt in money.
Legal Tender
Coins in denomination of 1 peso, 5 peso and 10 pesos shall be legal tender in an amount not exceeding in what amount?
1,000
Coins in denomination of 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, shall be legal tender in an amount not exceeding in what amount?
100
All bills are legal tender up to any amount of how many?
20,50,100,200,500,1,000
General rule in accepting legal tender
You cannot COMPEL the creditor to accept the payment that is not under the legal tender HOWEVER if the creditor ACCEPTS the payment then the payment is still valid.
Exceptions in the general rule in accepting legal tender
When the creditor accepts the payment then the payment is still valid.
In Art. 1249 payment may be either;
(1) Currency stipulated
(2) If not possible, Philippine Legal Tender
Can the creditor be compelled to accept the payment in mercantile documents?
NO, mercantile documents are not legal tender. Therefore creditor cannot be compelled to accept the payment.
P owes G 10,000 pesos, payable on Dec 25, 2023. P is paying a PN of 10,000. Can G refuse to accept?
Yes, because it is not a legal tender
P owes G 10,000 pesos, payable on Dec 25, 2023. P is paying a PN of 10,000. Can G accept?
Yes, it is the creditor’s option to accept the payment
P owes G 10,000 pesos, payable on Dec 25, 2023. P is paying a PN of 10,000. If she accepts, does this mean that payment has been effected?
Not yet, it shall produce the effect of the payment only if it had been cashed.
P owes G 10,000 pesos, payable on Dec 25, 2023. P is paying a PN of 10,000. Supposing, G consented that P’s payment is a PN payable 2 months later. Now, during the intervening period, may G bring an action to recover from P?
NO, the action derived from the original obligation shall be held abeyance – temporary suspension (Art. 1249 3rd parag)
D owes C P20,000.00 which is already due. May D compel C to accept 20,000 pieces of P1.00 coin in payment of his debt?
No. because P1.00 coins are legal tender only up to P1,000.00.
D owes C P20,000.00 which is already due. May D compel C to accept 1,000 pieces of P20.00 bill in payment of his debt?
Yes, because P20.00 bills are legal tender up to any amount.
Sharp sudden increase of money of credit or both without corresponding increase in business transactions. A drop in the value of money, resulting in the rise of the general price level
Inflation
Reduction in volume and circulation of the available money or credit, resulting in a decline of the general price level
Deflation
Requisites of extra-ordinary inflation and deflation
- There is an official declaration of extra ordinary inflation or deflation from the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
- The obligation is contractual in nature
D borrowed 1,000,000 from C payable at the end of 10 years. Suppose that before maturity of the loan, an extraordinary inflation supervened causing the value of the debt to fall to P500,000.00 on the date of maturity, how much must D pay C at maturity?
2,000,000
D borrowed 1,000,000 from C payable at the end of 10 years. Suppose that before maturity of the loan, an extraordinary deflation supervened causing the value of the debt to rise to P4,000,000.00 on the maturity date of the loan, how much must D pay C at maturity?
250,000
Exception in extra-ordinary inflation and deflation
If there is an agreement between the parties that the amount will still be the same at the time the obligation was created, then the payment is still valid.
General Rule in terms of place where the obligation must be paid
When there is a stipulation or agreement
Place where the obligation must be paid if there is no stipulation and the thing is specific
Payment shall be made at the place where the thing was at the time of the perfection
Place where the obligation must be paid if there is no stipulation and the thing is generic
Delivery or payment must be made at domicile of the debtor
Place where the obligation must be paid if the debtor changes his domicile in bad faith or he has incurred the delay
The additional expenses shall be borne by him
Designation of the debt to which should be applied when payment is made by a debtor who owes several debts favor of the same creditor
Application of payment or imputation of payment
Requisites of application of payment
There must be one debtor and one creditor
There must be two or more debts
The debts must be of the same kind
All the debts must be due
The payment is not enough to extinguish all the debts
How application of payment is made?
a. The debtor who is given the preferential right to apply the payment, designates the debt to be paid.
b. If the debtor does not make the designation, the creditor makes it by indicating the debt being paid in his receipt. If the debtor accepts the receipt from the creditor, the debtor cannot complain unless there is a just cause of invalidating the contract.
C. If neither the debtor nor creditor makes the designation, or application cannot be inferred from the circumstances, payment shall be applied by operation of law
How payment shall be applied by operation of law
1) Payment shall be applied to the debt, among those due, which is the most onerous to the debtor
2) If the debts are of the same nature and burden, payment shall be applied to proportionately. (Arts. 1252, 1254)
[Note: In all instances, if the debt produces interest, payment of the principal shall not be deemed to have been made until the interests have been covered. (Art. 1253). The rules on application of payment do not apply if there is only one debt which is payable in installments.]
D owes C the following distinct debts: P1,000.00 due on May 1, P1,000.00 due on May 5, P1,000.00 due on May 10, P1,000.00 due on May 15, and P1,000.00 due on May 20.
If today is May 16, and D has only P1,000.00 but wants to pay C. How will the application of payment be made?
D may apply the payment to any of the debts due on May 1, May 5, May 10 or May 15.
He cannot apply the payment to the debt due on May 20 because it is not yet due unless he is allowed by stipulation with C or the benefit of the period was given to him (D).
D owes C the following distinct debts: P1,000.00 due on May 1, P1,000.00 due on May 5, P1,000.00 due on May 10, P1,000.00 due on May 15, and P1,000.00 due on May 20.
If today is May 16, and D has only P1,000.00 but wants to pay C however D does not apply the payment, How will the application of payment be made?
The right to apply it is shifted to C.
C may apply the payment to any of the debts due on May 1, May 5, May 10 or May 15. He cannot apply the payment to the debt due on May 20 because it is not yet due unless he is allowed by stipulation with D or the benefit of the period was given to him (C).
D owes C the following distinct debts: P1,000.00 due on May 1, P1,000.00 due on May 5, P1,000.00 due on May 10, P1,000.00 due on May 15, and P1,000.00 due on May 20.
If today is May 16, and D has only P1,000.00 but wants to pay C however both D and C does not apply the payment, How will the application of payment be made?
If neither D nor C applies the payment, payment shall be applied proportionately to the debts due on May 1, May 5, May 10 and May 15 at P250.00 each, since all such debts have already become due as of May 15 when the payment is being made.
In case the debt due on May 5 is secured by a pledge or it is interest-bearing, then payment shall be applied to such debt because it is the most onerous to D.
D owes C P7,000.00 due on May 1, 5 sacks of rice worth P5,000.00 due on May 5; and P5,000.00 due on May 8. If none of the debts have been paid as of May 8 and D has P5.000.00. How application of payment be made?
D cannot apply the payment to the debt consisting of 5 sacks of rice because it is not payable in money, i.e., it is of different kind.
D may not apply the payment to the debt due on May I because the payment would not be complete unless C consents.
D may. however, apply the payment to the debt due on May 8.
Examples of more onerous debts
- An interest bearing debt than non – interest bearing debt
- A debt as a sole debtor than as solidary debtor
- Older debts
- Debts secured by a mortgage or by pledge
- An obligation with a penal clause
It is the assignment or abandonment of all the properties of the debtor for the benefit of his creditors in order that the latter may sell the same and apply the proceeds thereof to the satisfaction of their credits
Cession of payment or assignment
2 Kinds of payment by cession
- Voluntary or conventional
- Legal
Requisites of cession by payment
- There must be two or more creditors
- The debtor must be insolvent
- The assignment must involve all the properties of the debtor
- The cession must be accepted by the creditors
D owes X, 50,000; Y, P20,000.00; and Z, P30,000.00 All the obligations are due but D has assets worth P80,000.00 only. D offers to assign his assets to X, Y and Z so that they may sell them and apply the proceeds to their respective claims. X, Y and Z accept the offer. If the assets are sold for 70,000.00. What will happen to the obligation by payment in cession?
D will be released from his obligations only up that amount, unless the creditors agreed to release him completely of his debts.
- There must be two or more creditors
- The debtor is insolvent
- Affects all the debtor’s properties, except those exempt from execution.
- The creditors are authorized to sell only the debtor’s properties.
- The debtor is not released as a rule.
Payment by cession
- Plurality of creditors is not required.
- The debtor may not be insolvent.
- Does not affect all the debtor’s properties.
- The creditor becomes the owner of the properties given as payment.
- The debtor is released as a rule.
Dation in payment
The act, on the part of the debtor, of offering to the creditor the thing or amount due
Tender of payment
The act of depositing the thing or amount due with the proper court when the creditor cannot accept or refuses to accept payment.
Consignation
D borrowed P50,000.00 from C. On due date, D tendered payment in P20.00 bills totaling P50,000.00 to C. C refused to accept the payment demanding that he be paid in higher denominations. Can D consign the payment?
YES, since the payment tendered by D was legal tender, C was not justified in refusing to accept it. D may thus consign the payment.
Tender of payment without consignation will extinguish the obligation
True of False?
False, tender of payment without consignation does not extinguish the obligation
Refusal of creditor may be justified in tender of payment if;
- When tender of payment is not in legal tender
- When tender of payment is not full amount, does not include the interest
- When there is a condition
Consignation alone shall produce the same effect in what following cases
- When the debtor is absent or unknown or does not appear in the place of payment
- When he is incapacitated to receive payment at the time it is due
- When, without the cause, he refuses to give a receipt
- When two or more persons claim the same right to collect
- When the title of the obligation has been lost
In order that the debtor may be released in his obligation, there should be prior notice to persons interested, if there are no persons interested, the consignation is void.
True or False
True
Requisites of Consignation
- Existence of valid debt
- Valid prior tender, unless tender is excused
- Prior notice of consignation (PRIOR TO PERSONS INTERESTED)
- Actual consignation
- Subsequent notice of consignation
How consignation is actually made?
It shall be made by depositing the things due at the disposal of judicial authority. There must be proved that the tender had been previously made and there should be prior notice within the interested persons that consignation has been made
Who will be charged in the expenses of consignation, when properly made?
Creditor