Civil Code Art. 1546: Obligations of the Vendor

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1546
Topic: Obligations of the Vendor
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE VI SALES
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Obligations of the Vendor
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

Any affirmation of fact or any promise by the seller relating to the thing is an express warranty if the natural tendency of such affirmation or promise is to induce the buyer to purchase the same, and if the buyer purchases the thing relying thereon. No affirmation of the value of the thing, nor any statement purporting to be a statement of the seller's opinion only, shall be construed as a warranty, unless the seller made such affirmation or statement as an expert and it was relied upon by the buyer. (n)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A seller's statement of fact or promise about the goods is an express warranty if it would naturally lead a buyer to purchase and the buyer relied on it. Mere statements of the item's value or of the seller's opinion do not count as warranties—unless the seller made them as an expert and the buyer relied on that expertise.

An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.

Cases applying this article

Philippine Steel Coating Corp. v. Eduard Quiñones G.R. No. 194533
Harrison Motors Corporation v. Rachel A. Navarro G.R. No. 132269

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1545 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1547 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1544 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1548 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1543 Obligations of the Vendor
Civil Code, Art. 1542 Obligations of the Vendor

Civil Code, Art. 1546 is found in CHAPTER 4 Obligations of the Vendor of TITLE VI SALES of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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