Philippine Civil Code Art. 1154: Prescription of Actions

Statute: Philippine Civil Code
Article: Art. 1154
Topic: Prescription of Actions
Status: In force
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Prescription of Actions
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

The period during which the obligee was prevented by a fortuitous event from enforcing his right is not reckoned against him. (n)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

The period during which the creditor was prevented by a fortuitous event from enforcing a right is not counted against them. An unavoidable event that blocks enforcement pauses the prescriptive clock. It protects a creditor who could not act through no fault of their own.

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Cases applying this article

Alfonso T. Yuchengco v. Republic of the Philippines G.R. No. 131127
The Government of the Philippine Islands v. Dolores Lim y Chumbuque G.R. No. 41917
The Bachrach Motor Co. v. Faustino Espiritu G.R. No. 28497
Felix Laureano v. Eugenio Kilayco G.R. No. 10419

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1155 Prescription of Actions
Civil Code, Art. 1152 Prescription of Actions
Civil Code, Art. 1151 Prescription of Actions
Civil Code, Art. 1150 Prescription of Actions
Civil Code, Art. 1149 Prescription of Actions
Civil Code, Art. 1146 Prescription of Actions

Civil Code, Art. 1154 is found in CHAPTER 3 Prescription of Actions 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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