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Practice question: Obligations of the Agent and of the Principal

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What is the agent’s basic instruction-following duty under Article 1887?
  1. Ignore every instruction
  2. Act according to the principal’s instructions, with the statutory diligence default where instructions are absent
  3. Always prefer personal profit
  4. Only follow a stranger’s preference
  5. Transfer every entrusted asset to himself

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Article 1887: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360

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