- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1927
- Topic
- Modes of Extinguishment of Agency
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE X AGENCY
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 4 Modes of Extinguishment of Agency
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
An agency cannot be revoked if a bilateral contract depends upon it, or if it is the means of fulfilling an obligation already contracted, or if a partner is appointed manager of a partnership in the contract of partnership and his removal from the management is unjustifiable. (n)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Although Article 1920 lets a principal revoke an agency at will, this article makes it irrevocable in three cases: where a bilateral contract depends on it, where it is the means of fulfilling an obligation already contracted, and where a partner has been appointed manager in the contract of partnership itself and his removal is unjustifiable. In each the agency is not merely a service to the principal but part of an arrangement in which someone else has an interest. Where the agency remains revocable, revocation may be express or implied — Article 1924 treats it as revoked when the principal takes over the business directly and deals with third persons himself.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Republic of the Philippines v. Hon. Victorino Evangelista G.R. No. 156015
- Tomas Matienzo v. The Court of First Instance of Laguna G.R. No. 45333