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Confusion
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- What extinguishing event does Article 1275 call confusion or merger?
- Under Article 1276, whom does merger in the principal debtor or creditor benefit?
- Under Article 1277, how far does confusion extinguish a joint obligation?
- A creditor's claim against a principal debtor validly passes to that debtor, so the same person now holds the creditor …
- A merger occurs only in the person of a guarantor. The creditor and principal debtor remain distinct, and no other exti…
- Ava, Ben and Cal jointly owe Dana P90,000 in equal shares. The debt is expressly joint, and Dana validly assigns the en…
- A valid principal debt is secured by a guaranty. Through a valid transaction the creditor and principal debtor characte…
- Two unrelated people have identical names, but remain separate persons holding creditor and debtor positions. One asser…
- Compare merger in the principal debtor or creditor with confusion occurring only in a guarantor. Explain Article 1276's…
- Two debtors jointly owe a creditor P80,000 in equal shares. The creditor validly transfers the entire credit to one deb…
- Does mere custody of a private debt document necessarily transfer the creditor’s substantive right for 1275?
- Is a private corporation automatically the same legal person as its sole shareholder for merger of a corporate debt?