Civil Code Art. 1350: Essential Requisites of

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1350
Topic: Essential Requisites of Contracts
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Essential Requisites of Contracts
Formerly: Art. 1274 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

In onerous contracts the cause is understood to be, for each contracting party, the prestation or promise of a thing or service by the other; in remuneratory ones, the service or benefit which is remunerated; and in contracts of pure beneficence, the mere liberality of the benefactor. (1274)

Cases applying this article

Perpetua Vda. de Ape v. The Honorable Court of Appeals G.R. No. 133638
Sps. Col. Pedro L. Lumbres v. Sps. Pedro B. Tablada, Jr. G.R. No. 165831

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