Practice question
A creditor was actually prevented by a proved fortuitous event from enforcing a right for a specified interval. Article 1154 applies, and the court is computing prescription. May it simply count that interval against the creditor?
- Yes, Article 1154 concerns only moral damages
- No; the statutory interval is not reckoned against the obligee
- Yes, prevention never matters
- Yes, every delay is automatically creditor fault
- Yes, only a criminal case can stop counting
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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