Practice question
A depositary has permission to place an item with another custodian but selects a person manifestly careless and unfit. The item is lost through that arrangement. Which rule applies?
- Permission necessarily eliminates every responsibility
- Article 1973 retains liability for loss when the permitted third custodian is manifestly careless or unfit
- Only the depositor can ever be liable
- The thing becomes ownerless
- The depositary may substitute any worthless object
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 1972–1979, 1981–1988 and 1992–1994: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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