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Practice question: Loss of the Thing Due

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What is the effect of losing some goods of the same kind where the obligation is to deliver a generic thing?
  1. Every generic obligation disappears
  2. The debtor automatically becomes the creditor
  3. All payment duties become donations
  4. The creditor always owns the debtor’s warehouse
  5. Loss of something of the same kind does not extinguish the generic obligation

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Article 1263: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360

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