Civil Code Art. 1357: Form of Contracts

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1357
Topic: Form of Contracts
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE II CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Form of Contracts
Formerly: Art. 1279a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

If the law requires a document or other special form, as in the acts and contracts enumerated in the following article, the contracting parties may compel each other to observe that form, once the contract has been perfected. This right may be exercised simultaneously with the action upon the contract. (1279a)

Cases applying this article

Aguinaldo Patangan v. Heirs of Margarito Patangan G.R. No. 234502

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1356 Form of Contracts
Civil Code, Art. 1358 Form of Contracts

Civil Code, Art. 1357 is found in CHAPTER 3 Form 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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