Practice question
A properly characterized defamation damages action is filed eighteen months after accrual. Article 1147 applies, with no interruption, suspension or special rule. Prescription is properly invoked. What follows?
- The residual five-year rule overrides Article 1147
- The action is timely merely because injury to rights can have a four-year period
- Every defamation action has ten years
- The ordinary one-year period has expired
- Prescription can never affect damages
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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