Philippine Civil Code Art. 1184: Different Kinds

Statute: Philippine Civil Code
Article: Art. 1184
Topic: Different Kinds of Obligations
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE I Obligations
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Different Kinds of Obligations
Formerly: Art. 1117 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

The condition that some event happen at a determinate time shall extinguish the obligation as soon as the time expires or if it has become indubitable that the event will not take place. (1117)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A condition that a certain event will happen by a set time ends the obligation once that time expires, or as soon as it becomes certain the event will never take place. The obligation lasts only until the deadline lapses or the event is definitively ruled out.

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Cases applying this article

J. v. House Vs. Sixto de La Costa G.R. No. 46534
Ayala Life Assurance v. Ray Burton Development Corporation G.R. No. 163075

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1185 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1183 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1186 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1182 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1181 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1187 Different Kinds of Obligations
Civil Code, Art. 1180 Different Kinds of Obligations

Civil Code, Art. 1184 is found in CHAPTER 3 Different Kinds of Obligations of TITLE I Obligations of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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