PAYMENT AND LOSS (Extinguishment of Obligations) Flashcards
Means not only the delivery of money but also the
performance, in any other manner, of an obligation.
PAYMENT
Physical Loss or Destruction or Illegality of the thing.
LOSS
It is the gratuitous abandonment by the creditor of his
right.
REMISSION OR
CONDONATION
It is the meeting in one person of the qualities of creditor and debtor with respect to the same obligation.
CONFUSION OR MERGER
It is the extinguishment in the concurrent amount of the obligations of those persons who are reciprocally debtors
and creditors of each other.
COMPENSATION
The replacement of an old contract with a new one, by
changing the object or principal conditions; substituting the person of the debtor; and subrogating a third person in the right of the creditor.
NOVATION
Payment means not only the delivery of money
but also the performance, in any other manner, of an
obligation.
ARTICLE 1232
Article 1232 talks about ways by which “Payment” is
enforced or accomplished. It could either be?
A, Delivery of Money (ORDINARY PARLANCE)
B. Performance of the Obligation in the manner agreed upon(TO GIVE, TO DO, NOT TO DO)
In law payment is?
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
sample question:
If Danny is obligated to give Eve a specific car, how is
payment made?
PAYMENT is made by DELIVERING THE CAR
sample question:
If Charles is obligated to repair the computer of Faith, how is
payment made?
PAYMENT is made by PERFORMING THE SERVICE (repairing the
computer).
A debt shall not be understood to have
been paid unless the thing or service in which the
obligation consists has been completely delivered or rendered, as the case may be.
ARTICLE 1233
may refer to an obligation to deliver money, to deliver
a thing (other than money), to do an act or not to do
an act.
DEBT
ART. 1233
Completeness of the
performance. The prestation must be completely rendered. Partiality or irregularity will not lead to
extinguishment.
INTEGRITY OF PRESTATION
ART. 1233
The thing or the act agreed upon must be the one delivered or performed, as the case may be.
No substitutes are allowed and the delivery of this will not lead to extinguishment, unless agreed upon.
IDENTITY OF PRESTATION
Burden of payment belongs to the DEBTOR.
There is substantial compliance by the
debtor when in good faith he has attempted to perform the contract or
prestation but through excusable neglect or oversight, he failed to make
full and complete performance for which the other party may be
indemnified. (Doctrine of Substantial Performance)
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE
When the obligee accepts the performance, knowing its incompleteness or
irregularity, and without expressing any protest or
objection, the obligation is deemed fully complied with.
ARTICLE 1235
requisites of article 1235?
- The OBLIGEE KNOWS that the PERFORMANCE is
INCOMPLETE AND IRREGULAR; and - HE ACCEPTS THE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT expressing
any PROTEST OR OBJECTION.
The creditor is not bound to accept payment or
performance by a third person who has no interest in the fulfillment of the obligation, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary.
ARTICLE 1236 (1st paragraph)
A borrowed 10k from B. On due date, D, a philanthropist tried paying the debt of A.
B declined. Is B’s refusal proper?
YES, because D has nothing to do with the
obligation.
Whoever pays for another may demand from the
debtor what he has paid, except that if he paid without the
knowledge or against the will of the debtor, he can recover only
insofar as the payment has been beneficial to the debtor.
ARTICLE 1236 (2nd paragraph)
From article 1236:
Payer has the right to
reimbursement and subrogation, and to acquire all rights of the
creditor against the debtor.
PAYMENT WITH DEBTOR’S CONSENT
From article 1236:
The payer can
recover only the amount that benefited the debtor, or only the
amount of the debt at the time of payment.
PAYMENT AGAINST THE WILL OF THE DEBTOR
Whoever pays on behalf of the debtor without
the knowledge or against the will of the latter, cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in his rights, such as those
arising from a mortgage, guaranty, or penalty.
ARTICLE 1237
ART. 1237:
whoever pays on behalf of the debtor is entitled to subrogation if the payment is with the consent of the
______?
LATTER
true or false?
Whoever pays on behalf of the debtor is entitled
to subrogation if the payment is with the consent of the
debtor.
FALSE (payment is only allowed if it was consented by the Latter)
true or false?
If the payment is without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, the third person cannot compel the creditor to subrogate him in the latter’s accessory rights of mortgage, guaranty, or penalty.
TRUE