Practice question
A valid agreement expressly requires refund if a specified title-clearance condition fails. The condition fails and all relevant facts apply. The seller argues the words earnest money automatically delete the refund clause. Which is best?
- Evaluate and enforce the valid actual terms; the label alone does not erase them.
- Every earnest label necessarily cancels all refund terms.
- The seller may disregard every written condition.
- The condition automatically makes the buyer owner of unrelated land.
- Only the amount’s last digit matters.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles1306,1475,1482,1490-1492,1504,1522-1523 and1589-1590: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Chavez v. Spouses Gopez, G.R.242366, February26,2025, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_242366_2025.html
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