Practice question
A creditor’s action has an applicable unexpired prescriptive period. Before it lapses, the debtor makes a legally sufficient written acknowledgment of the debt. The debtor later insists that only a creditor’s demand can interrupt under Article 1155. Is that correct?
- No; the article separately recognizes the debtor’s written acknowledgment
- Yes, debtor acknowledgments are excluded
- Yes, only oral denials interrupt
- Yes, acknowledgment automatically extinguishes the obligation
- Yes, only an attorney may acknowledge a debt
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 6, 19-21, 27, 32, 430, 1144-1155, 1757-1758 and 2034: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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