Practice question
Under Article 27, what conduct can support the specified damages action against a public servant or employee?
- Every lawful exercise of authority causing disappointment.
- Refusal or neglect, without just cause, to perform an official duty, causing the claimant material or moral loss.
- Every act of a subordinate regardless of connection.
- Only conduct after retirement.
- Only a signed private loan.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 27 and32.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/48330 — Vinzons-Chato v Fortune Tobacco, GR 141309, December 23 2008, main resolution: particular legal injury and public duty.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jun2024/gr_234680_2024.html — Supreme Court GR 234680, June 2024, main opinion: Administrative Code Book I section 38.
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