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Legal and Conventional Subrogation

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  1. Under Article 1300, subrogation of a third person in the creditor’s rights is classified as what?
  2. Whose consent is required for conventional subrogation under Article 1301?
  3. Which is an expressly stated case of presumed legal subrogation under Article 1302?
  4. Nora, who is not interested in the obligation, pays Omar’s creditor with Omar’s express approval. Assuming the stated c…
  5. A valid subrogation covers an existing credit secured by a mortgage, with no limiting stipulation. Under Article 1303, …
  6. Pilar owes Quinn a secured debt. Rafi, a disinterested stranger, pays it without Pilar’s knowledge or approval. No cred…
  7. A creditor is owed ₱100,000. A third person validly becomes subrogated through a ₱40,000 partial payment. Only ₱50,000 …
  8. Distinguish legal from conventional subrogation under Articles 1300–1302. Identify whose consent conventional subrogati…
  9. A person interested in fulfillment pays the debt even without the debtor’s knowledge. Explain the relevant Article 1302…
  10. Sela pays part of a credit and validly becomes subrogated for that part. The original creditor remains unpaid for the b…
  11. A junior creditor pays a preferred creditor of the same debtor. Which Article1302 situation is implicated?
  12. For the preferred-creditor payment case in Article1302(1), is the debtor’s knowledge indispensable?