Practice question
A thing due is lost while in the debtor’s possession. Outside the natural-calamity exception, what does Article1265 presume, subject to contrary proof and Article1165?
- That the loss was due to the debtor’s fault
- That the creditor destroyed it
- That every obligation was donated
- That the debtor was always faultless
- That ownership necessarily belonged to a stranger
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles1174,1262,1264–1269.
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