Philippine Civil Code Art. 2226: Other Kinds of Damages

Statute: Philippine Civil Code
Article: Art. 2226
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: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

Liquidated damages are those agreed upon by the parties to a contract, to be paid in case of breach thereof.

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Defines liquidated damages as a fixed amount the parties themselves agree on in advance, to be paid if one of them breaches the contract. The figure is set within the contract rather than proven later in court.

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Cases applying this article

Mondragon International Philippines v. China Banking Corporation G.R. No. 247012
Azcuna, Jr. v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 116665

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 2227 Other Kinds of Damages
Civil Code, Art. 2224 Other Kinds of Damages
Civil Code, Art. 2222 Other Kinds of Damages

Civil Code, Art. 2226 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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