Highlighted Articles

Question 1

State Article 1156

Answer 1

An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do.

Question 2

State Article 1159

Answer 2

Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be complied with in good faith. (1091a)

Question 3

State Article 1163

Answer 3

Every person obliged to give something is also obliged to take care of it with the proper diligence of a good father of a family, unless the law or the stipulation of the parties requires another standard of care. (1094a)

Question 4

State Article 1164

Answer 4

The creditor has a right to the fruits of the thing from the time the obligation to deliver it arises. However, he shall acquire no real right over it until the same has been delivered to him. (1095)

Question 5

State Article 1165

Answer 5

When what is to be delivered is a determinate thing, the creditor, in addition to the right granted him by Article 1170, may compel the debtor to make the delivery.

If the thing is indeterminate or generic, he may ask that the obligation be complied with at the expense of the debtor.

If the obligor delays, or has promised to deliver the same thing to two or more persons who do not have the same interest, he shall be responsible for fortuitous event until he has effected the delivery. (1096)

Question 6

State Article 1166

Answer 6

The obligation to give a determinate thing includes that of delivering all its accessions and accessories, even though they may not have been mentioned. (1097a)

Question 7

State Article 1167

Answer 7

If a person obliged to do something fails to do it, the same shall be executed at his cost.

This same rule shall be observed if he does it in contravention of the tenor of the obligation. Furthermore, it may be decreed that what has been poorly done be undone. (1098)

Question 8

State Article 1168

Answer 8

When the obligation consists in not doing, and the obligor does what has been forbidden him, it shall also be undone at his expense. (1099a)

Question 9

State Article 1170

Answer 9

Those who in the performance of their obligations are guilty of fraud, negligence, or delay and those who in any manner contravene the tenor thereof, are liable for damages. (1101)

Question 10

State Article 1172

Answer 10

Responsibility arising from neg- ligence in the performance of every kind of obligation is also demandable, but such liability may be regulated by the courts, according to the circumstances. (1103)