Practice question
A contract governed on the payment-place issue by Philippine law has no designated place and concerns delivery of a specific painting located in State A when the obligation arose. The debtor later moves to State B. No special rule applies. What is the statutory performance place?
- Any country selected by the creditor
- Always State B
- The forum in every suit
- The creditor’s bank automatically
- State A under the determinate-thing rule
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 1251, place of payment and express reservation of venue rules: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Saudi Arabian Airlines v. Rebesencio, G.R. No. 198587, January 14, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_198587_2015.html
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