- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1157
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE I Obligations
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Art. 1157. Obligations arise from:
(1) Law;
(2) Contracts;
(3) Quasi-contracts;
(4) Acts or omissions punished by law; and (5) Quasi-delicts. (1089a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Lists the five sources from which legal obligations arise: law; contracts; quasi-contracts; acts or omissions punished by law (that is, crimes); and quasi-delicts (fault or negligence causing damage without a contract). Every enforceable obligation traces back to one of these origins.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Key points
Obligations arise from five sources only: (1) law; (2) contracts; (3) quasi-contracts; (4) acts or omissions punished by law (delicts); and (5) quasi-delicts. No obligation exists without one of these sources.
Cases applying this article
- People v. BBB G.R. No. 258312
- People v. Asisclo Talaugon G.R. No. 256271
- People v. XXX G.R. No. 252890
- People v. Lhed Buenvenida G.R. No. 252599
- People v. Antonio "Pay Tonyo" Corrobella G.R. No. 231878
- People v. Romeo Antido y Lantayan A.K.A. Romeo Antigo y Lantayan Alias "Jon-Jon" G.R. No. 208651
- Virata v. Ochoa G.R. No. L-46179