- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1289
- Topic
- Extinguishment of Obligations
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE I Obligations
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 4 Extinguishment of Obligations
- Formerly
- Art. 1201 of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
If a person should have against him several debts which are susceptible of compensation, the rules on the application of payments shall apply to the order of the compensation. (1201)
Cases applying this article
- Tomas Olino v. Mariano Medina G.R. No. 4952
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