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Practice question: Divisible and Indivisible

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

Three debtors owe one indivisible delivery. The contract contains no solidarity stipulation and no law or nature-based solidarity requirement is established. The creditor relies solely on indivisibility to demand the whole monetary burden from one as a solidary debtor. Which is correct?
  1. Indivisibility alone is insufficient to establish solidarity; the proper joint-indivisible framework must be applied
  2. Every indivisible thing creates solidarity automatically
  3. A creditor may unilaterally add solidarity after default
  4. Only the number of pages matters
  5. The debtor’s surname controls

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Articles 1209-1210,1223-1230,1238-1243,1266-1268 and1423-1430: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html

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