Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 2048
Topic
Nature and Extent of Guaranty
Status
In force
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE XV GUARANTY
Chapter
CHAPTER 1 Nature and Extent of Guaranty
Year
1949
Cited by
1 Supreme Court decision in the Intellegal corpus

The provision

A guaranty is gratuitous, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary. (n)

Cases applying this article

Civil Code, Art. 2048 is found in CHAPTER 1 Nature and Extent of Guaranty of TITLE XV GUARANTY of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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