Practice question
A payer was in doubt whether a debt was due and later proves it was not due. What does Article 2156 provide?
- The payer may recover
- Doubt always forfeits every restitution right
- The recipient necessarily owns it forever
- The payer must prove the recipient committed a crime in every case
- The payer may collect double automatically
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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