Philippine Civil Code Art. 1964: Deposit in General

Statute: Philippine Civil Code
Article: Art. 1964
Topic: Deposit in General and its Different Kinds
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE XII DEPOSIT
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 Deposit in General and its Different Kinds
Formerly: Art. 1759 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

A deposit may be constituted judicially or extrajudicially. (1759)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A deposit—the arrangement where one person safekeeps another's property—can be created in two ways: judicially, by order of a court, or extrajudicially, by the parties' own agreement.

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Cases applying this article

Bibiana Isaac v. H. W. Bray G.R. No. 8822
Vicente Delgado v. Pedro Bonnevie G.R. No. 7097
Aniceta Palacio v. Dionisio Sudario G.R. No. 2980
Teodoro S. Benedicto v. Julian Perizuelo G.R. No. 2622
Jose Pineda v. Gabino Gasataya G.R. No. 1962
Enrique F. Somes v. Wife G.R. No. 1572

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1965 Deposit in General and its Different Kinds
Civil Code, Art. 1962 Deposit in General and its Different Kinds
Civil Code, Art. 1966 Deposit in General and its Different Kinds

Civil Code, Art. 1964 is found in CHAPTER 1 Deposit in General and its Different Kinds of TITLE XII DEPOSIT of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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