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Practice question: Defenses Available to a Common Carrier

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Practice question

What qualification applies to the public-authority defense under Article 1743?
  1. Any stranger can issue the order
  2. Only oral threats matter
  3. The order must always come from a customer
  4. The authority must have power to issue the seizure or destruction order
  5. Any official title alone conclusively excuses the loss

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Articles 1734, 1735, 1739–1743 and 1762

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