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Practice question: Liability of Corporate Officers; Exceptions

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Does signing a document only as the corporation’s representative necessarily equal a personal solidary undertaking?
  1. Yes; every representative signature makes every corporate debt personal.
  2. Only the ink color matters.
  3. No.
  4. Yes; representative capacity has no legal meaning.
  5. Every corporate employee is automatically a guarantor.

Legal references

  • Team Pacific Corp. v. Parente, G.R. No. 206789, July 15, 2020, main decision, corporate-liability exceptions: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/66895

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