Practice question
Without the debtor’s knowledge, a stranger pays a disputed asserted debt. The court establishes that only PHP40,000 of the PHP70,000 payment benefited the debtor. No other reimbursement or subrogation basis applies. Under Articles2173 and1236, what is the stated reimbursement limit?
- PHP40,000, the established benefit
- PHP70,000 automatically regardless of benefit
- PHP140,000
- Zero solely because no contract existed
- All the debtor’s assets
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles546,719–720,1236–1237,2166,2171–2173.
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