Civil Code Art. 1339: Essential Requisites of

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1339
Topic: Essential Requisites of Contracts
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Year: 1949

The provision

Failure to disclose facts, when there is a duty to reveal them, as when the parties are bound by confidential relations, constitutes fraud. (n)

Cases applying this article

Rural Bank of Sta. Maria v. The Honorable Court of Appeals G.R. No. 110672

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1338 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1335 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1343 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1334 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1345 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1332 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1346 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1331 Essential Requisites of Contracts

Civil Code, Art. 1339 is found in CHAPTER 2 Essential Requisites of Contracts 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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