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Civil Code, Art. 1331

Essential Requisites of Contracts · Formerly Art. 1266a of the old Civil Code

Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 1331
Topic
Essential Requisites of Contracts
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter
CHAPTER 2 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Formerly
Art. 1266a of the old Civil Code
Year
1949

The provision

In order that mistake may invalidate consent, it should refer to the substance of the thing which is the object of the contract, or to those conditions which have principally moved one or both parties to enter into the contract. Mistake as to the identity or qualifications of one of the parties will vitiate consent only when such identity or qualifications have been the principal cause of the contract. A simple mistake of account shall give rise to its correction. (1266a)

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