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Practice question: Other Quasi-contracts

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A stranger provides legally required support without the knowledge of the person obliged to give it. The stranger intended reimbursement and did not act out of piety without that intention. Which rule applies?
  1. Article 2164 recognizes a claim against the person legally obliged to support
  2. Every stranger's aid is conclusively a donation
  3. Only the supported person can ever be liable
  4. The stranger automatically becomes a guardian
  5. The support duty necessarily disappears

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles 2164–2175: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html

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