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Civil Code, Art. 2068

Effects of Guaranty · Formerly Art. 1840 of the old Civil Code

Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 2068
Topic
Effects of Guaranty
Status
In force
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE XV GUARANTY
Chapter
CHAPTER 2 Effects of Guaranty
Formerly
Art. 1840 of the old Civil Code
Year
1949
Cited by
1 Supreme Court decision in the Intellegal corpus

The provision

If the guarantor should pay without notifying the debtor, the latter may enforce against him all the defenses which he could have set up against the creditor at the time the payment was made. (1840)

Cases applying this article

Civil Code, Art. 2068 is found in CHAPTER 2 Effects 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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