Civil Code Art. 2213: Actual or Compensatory

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 2213
Topic: Actual or Compensatory Damages
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE XVIII DAMAGES
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Actual or Compensatory Damages
Year: 1949

The provision

Interest cannot be recovered upon unliquidated claims or damages, except when the demand can be established with reasonable certainty.

Note on current application: the legal interest rate in the Philippines is 6% per annum (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Circular No. 799), as established in Nacar v. Gallery Frames (G.R. No. 189871, August 13, 2013).

Cases applying this article

Eastern Shipping Lines v. The Court of Appeals G.R. No. 94151

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