Practice question
A payer claims a difficult-law error caused an undue transfer. Contemporaneous records instead establish that payment was made solely as an intended gift, irrespective of any perceived legal debt. Can the legal-error assertion alone compel return?
- Yes, the recipient must prove a loan
- Yes, mentioning difficult law invalidates every gift
- Yes, all gifts are mistaken payments
- Yes, Article 2155 eliminates causation
- No; the proven gift does not become payment by reason of legal mistake
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 22, 1157, 1160, 2142-2169 and 2176: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Domestic Petroleum Retailer Corp. v. MIAA, G.R. No. 210641, March 27, 2019, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_210641_2019.html
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