Civil Code Art. 1307: General Provisions

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1307
Topic: General Provisions
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
Year: 1949
Cited by: A Supreme Court decision

The provision

Innominate contracts shall be regulated by the stipulations of the parties, by the provisions of Titles I and II of this Book, by the rules governing the most analogous nominate contracts, and by the customs of the place. (n)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

Governs innominate contracts — those with no specific name or regulation in law. They are ruled first by what the parties stipulated, then by the general provisions on obligations and contracts, then by the rules of the most similar named contract, and finally by local custom.

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Cases applying this article

Andrea Dumasug v. Felix Modelo G.R. No. 10462

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1309 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1313 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1314 General Provisions
Civil Code, Art. 1317 General Provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1307 is found in CHAPTER 1 General Provisions of TITLE II CONTRACTS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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