Civil Code Art. 2222: Other Kinds of Damages

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 2222
Topic: Other Kinds of Damages
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE XVIII DAMAGES
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Other Kinds of Damages
Year: 1949
Cited by: A Supreme Court decision

The provision

The court may award nominal damages in every obligation arising from any source enumerated in article 1157, or in every case where any property right has been invaded.

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

A court may grant nominal damages—a small, symbolic sum—in any obligation arising from the sources listed in Article 1157, or whenever a legal right over property has been violated. The aim is to recognize and vindicate the right, not to compensate for actual measured loss.

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Cases applying this article

Ernesto Basquiñez Saniano v. Joselina Basquiñez Sañano G.R. No. 261733

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 2224 Other Kinds of Damages
Civil Code, Art. 2226 Other Kinds of Damages
Civil Code, Art. 2227 Other Kinds of Damages

Civil Code, Art. 2222 is found in CHAPTER 3 Other Kinds of Damages of TITLE XVIII DAMAGES of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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