- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1124
- Topic
- Prescription of Ownership and Other Real Rights
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
- Title
- TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Prescription of Ownership and Other Real Rights
- Formerly
- Art. 1946a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Judicial summons shall be deemed not to have been issued and shall not give rise to interruption: (1) If it should be void for lack of legal solemnities; (2) If the plaintiff should desist from the complaint or should allow the proceedings to lapse; (3) If the possessor should be absolved from the complaint. In all these cases, the period of the interruption shall be counted for the prescription. (1946a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
A judicial summons does not interrupt prescription if it is void for lack of legal formalities, if the plaintiff abandons the case or lets it lapse, or if the possessor is absolved. In these cases the interruption is treated as never having happened and the period continues to run. It qualifies the interruption rule of Article 1123.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- C.N. Hodges v. Alberto Granada G.R. No. 39496
- Juan Verceluz v. Deogracias Edaño G.R. No. 21284
- The Bachrach Motor Co. v. Pablo A. Millan G.R. No. 42256
- Cornelio Cruz v. Pablo Reyes G.R. No. 35859
- Maximiliano Sancho v. Severiano Lizarraga G.R. No. 33580
- Manuel Rios v. Jacinto G.R. No. 23893
- P. J. Salas Rodriguez v. Mariano P. Leuterio G.R. No. 23550
- Yap Unki v. Chua Jamco G.R. No. 5202
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.