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Practice question: Essential Requisites

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A contract identifies the kind of goods and provides a reliable method to determine quantity without any new agreement. Must it fail solely because the final quantity is not written as a fixed number at formation?
  1. Yes, every quantity must be numerically fixed
  2. Yes, later measurement is always forbidden
  3. Yes, every future thing is prohibited
  4. Only the buyer’s later wish controls
  5. No, Article 1349 permits quantity to be determinable without a new contract

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Articles 1347 and 1349: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360

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