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Practice question: Loss of the Thing Due

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article 1268’s ordinary rule, does fortuitous loss alone exempt the debtor from the price when a determinate-thing debt proceeds from a criminal offense?
  1. Always
  2. Only if the object is costly
  3. No, subject to the article’s express refusal-of-offer exception
  4. Only if the debtor prefers release
  5. Only if no photograph exists

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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