Practice question
A payer misconstrues a genuinely difficult legal provision and, because of that error, pays a sum the recipient had no right to demand. The statutory facts are proved. Which provision permits the legal-error basis for return?
- Article 2155 read with Article 2154
- A universal rule invalidating every paid debt
- A rule that every legal error is irrelevant
- A rule turning every refund into a gift
- Only the recipient's personal preference
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 3 and 2154–2156: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Domestic Petroleum Retailer v. MIAA, GR 210641, March 27, 2019, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_210641_2019.html
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