Practice question
For a payment of something that had never been due, what evidentiary rule does Article 2163 supply?
- Mistake is presumed, subject to proof of liberality or another just cause
- Fraud is conclusively established
- Every payment is irrecoverable
- The recipient is automatically imprisoned
- No evidence is admissible
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 22, 1157, 1160, 2142-2169 and 2176: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- University of the Philippines v. Philab Industries, Inc., G.R. No. 152411, September 29, 2004, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/sep2004/gr_152411_2004.html
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