Civil Code Art. 1327: Essential Requisites of

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1327
Topic: Essential Requisites of Contracts
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Formerly: Art. 1263a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The following cannot give consent to a contract: (1) Unemancipated minors; (2) Insane or demented persons, and deaf-mutes who do not know how to write. (1263a)

Cases applying this article

Paulina Garcia v. Roberto Sañgil G.R. No. 29593
Maria Acosta Francisco v. Antonio Y. Montes G.R. No. 212801

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