Civil Code Art. 1108: General Provisions

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1108
Topic: General Provisions
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
Formerly: Art. 1932a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Prescription, both acquisitive and extinctive, runs against: (1) Minors and other incapacitated persons who have parents, guardians or other legal representatives; (2) Absentees who have administrators, either appointed by them before their disappearance, or appointed by the courts; (3) Persons living abroad, who have managers or administrators; (4) Juridical persons, except the State and its subdivisions. Persons who are disqualified from administering their property have a right to claim damages from their legal representatives whose negligence has been the cause of prescription. (1932a)

Cases applying this article

Francisco Gonzalez Quiros v. Carlos Palanca Tan-Guinlay G.R. No. 1904

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1107 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1109 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1106 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1112 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1113 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1114 General Provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1108 is found in CHAPTER 1 General Provisions of TITLE V PRESCRIPTION of BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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