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Civil Code, Art. 2087

Provisions Common to Pledge and Mortgage · Formerly Art. 1858 of the old Civil Code

Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 2087
Topic
Provisions Common to Pledge and Mortgage
Status
In force
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE XVI PLEDGE, MORTGAGE AND ANTICHRESIS
Chapter
CHAPTER 1 Provisions Common to Pledge and Mortgage
Formerly
Art. 1858 of the old Civil Code
Year
1949
Cited by
1 Supreme Court decision in the Intellegal corpus

The provision

It is also of the essence of these contracts that when the principal obligation becomes due, the things in which the pledge or mortgage consists may be alienated for the payment to the creditor. (1858)

Cases applying this article

Civil Code, Art. 2087 is found in CHAPTER 1 Provisions Common to Pledge and Mortgage of TITLE XVI PLEDGE, MORTGAGE AND ANTICHRESIS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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