Civil Code Art. 1208: Different Kinds of

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1208
Topic: Different Kinds of Obligations
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE I Obligations
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Different Kinds of Obligations
Formerly: Art. 1138a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

If from the law, or the nature or the wording of the obligations to which the preceding article refers the contrary does not appear, the credit or debt shall be presumed to be divided into as many shares as there are creditors or debtors, the credits or debts being considered distinct from one another, subject to the Rules of Court governing the multiplicity of suits. (1138a)

Cases applying this article

Philippine Commercial International Bank v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 121989

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