Civil Code Art. 1423: NATURAL OBLIGATIONS

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1423
Topic: NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Year: 1949
Cited by: A Supreme Court decision

The provision

Obligations are civil or natural. Civil obligations give a right of action to compel their performance. Natural obligations, not being based on positive law but on equity and natural law, do not grant a right of action to enforce their performance, but after voluntary fulfillment by the obligor, they authorize the retention of what has been delivered or rendered by reason thereof. Some natural obligations are set forth in the following articles.

Cases applying this article

Uniwide Sales Realty v. Titan-Ikeda Construction G.R. No. 126619

Related provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1428 NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Civil Code, Art. 1430 NATURAL OBLIGATIONS

Civil Code, Art. 1423 is found in TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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