- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 2088
- 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. 1859a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
The creditor cannot appropriate the things given by way of pledge or mortgage, or dispose of them. Any stipulation to the contrary is null and void. (1859a)
Cases applying this article
- Solid Homes v. Hon. Court of Appeals
- Arturo A. Dacquel v. Spouses Ernesto Sotelo
- Leticia Elizondo Eupena v. Luis G. Bobier
- Spouses Jose Salonga v. Spouses Efren A. Lorenzo
- Alfredo N. Aguila, Jr. v. Honorable Court of Appeals
- Imelda A. Nakpil v. Intermediate Appellate Court
- Montelibano Esguerra v. Hon. Court of Appeals
- Anita Dimas-San Juan v. Adoracion Z. Belo
Other Supreme Court decisions also apply this article.
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