Obligation Flashcards
A juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (Article 1156 of the Civil Code)
Obligation
Essential Requisites of an Obligation
(1) Active Subject
(2) Passive Subject
(3) Object
(4) Juridical tie
Known as the creditor or obligee, who has the power to performance of the obligation.
Active Subject
Known as debtor, who is bound to perform the obligation.
Passive Subject
The prestation which may consist in the act of giving, doing or not doing something.
Object
Necessity between the two subjects by reason of which the debtor is bound in favor of the creditor to perform the obligation.
It is the legal tie which constitutes the source of obligation.
Juridical tie
On June 30, 2022, A and B executed a contract whereby A will pay B an amount of P150,000.00 for the survey to be conducted by B on A’s 15 hectare land located in Sto. Domingo, Albay. On July 1, 2022, A already paid B. Identify the object of the Obligation.
a) Survey of A’s Land
b) P150,000.00
c) A
d) B
a) Survey of A’s Land
(5) Sources of Obligation
Article 1157 of the Civil Code. Obligations arise from:
(1) Law;
(2) Contracts;
(3) Quasi-contracts;
(4) Acts of omissions punished by law; and
(5) Quasi-delicts
- Not presumed.
- Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are demandable.
- Shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them.
- And as to what has not been foreseen, by the provisions of this Book.
(Article 1158 of the Civil Code)
Obligations arising from Law
What source of obligation this belongs?
Obligation to pay taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code,
Obligations arising from Law
What source of obligation this belongs?
Undergoing and passing the written technical examination provided under R.A. 8560 or the Philippine Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998 before one can practice as a Geodetic Engineer.
Obligations arising from Law
- Have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be complied with a good faith. (Article 1159 of the Civil Code)
Obligations arising from Contracts
Aside from contracts, other sources are laws, quasi-contracts, delicts, quasi-delicts
Obligation
Meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give rise to an obligation.
Contract
Only one of the sources of obligation, thus, this can give rise to an obligation.
Contract
Results from lawful, voluntary, and unilateral acts to the end that no one shall be unjustly enriched or benefited at the expense of another.
Obligations arising from Quasi-contracts
Created by the voluntary management or administration by a person of the abandoned business or property of another without any authority or power from the latter.
Negotiorum Gestio (Management of another’s property)
Created when something is received when there is no right to demand it, and it was unduly delivered through mistake; the obligation to return arises. (Article 2154 of the Civil Code)
Solutio Indebiti
A and B are neighbors and a good friends. A is temporarily aboard when a typhoon hit the place where A and B resides. The typhoon caused the destruction of the gate in A’s house. B, being a good friend, took care of the expenses for the repair of A’s gate in the amount of P30,000.00
Questions:
1. Is there an existing contract between A and B?
2. Is A obliged to pay B the amount of P30,000.00? Why or why not?
- None. Only a quasi-contract exists due to the voluntary act of B in paying for the expenses of the repair of A’s gate, without prior authority from A.
- Yes. This case is an example of a Negotiorum Gestio. Thus, A is bound to pay B the amount of P30,000.00
A entered into a contract with B, a geodetic engineer, wherein B will conduct a survey of A’s land for P50,000.00 Because of an error, the payment was delivered by A through mail to C, another geodetic engineer. Is C obliged to return the payment received?
Yes. This case is an example example of Solutio Indebiti. C has no right to demand the amount he received and the payment was delivered through mistake. Thus, C is bound to return the amount of P50,000.00.
Every person criminally liable for a felony is also civilly liable. (Article 100 of the Revised Penal Code)
Obligations arising from Delicts or Crimes
(Article 2176) Whoever by act of omission causes damage to another, there being fault or negligence, is obliged to pay for the damage done. Such fault or negligence, if there is no pre-existing contractual relation between the parties, is called a _____ and is governed by the provisions of this chapter.
- A wrong that occurs unintentionally, as a result of something like negligence, where as a true delict requires intentional action.
Obligations arising from Quasi-delicts
2 kind of Object of an Obligations
- Generic (indeterminate) thing
- Specific (determinate) thing
Object is designated only by its class/genus/species. (can be substituted by any of the same kind)
Ex. Sack of corn, money, can of oil
Generic (indeterminate) thing
Particular designated of physically segregated from all other of the same class identified by individuality (cannot be substituted)
Ex. Particular car
Specific (determinate) thing
5 Duties of the Debtor (Obligor)
PTFAD
1. Preserve or take care of the thing due
2. To deliver the thing itself
3. To deliver fruits of the thing
4. To deliver the accessions and accessories
5. To pay for damages in case of breach
3 Rights of the Creditor (Obligee)
CRE
1. To compel delivery of the thing due or specific performance.
2. To recover damages in case of breach from the debtor (non-fulfillment of the obligation)
3. Entitled to fruits and interests from the time the obligation to deliver arises.
Types of Fruits
NIC
1. Natural Fruits
2. Industrial Fruits
3. Civil Fruits