Practice question
A debt consists of a presently demandable, liquidated PHP50,000 balance plus a genuinely unliquidated component. Counsel writes that no payment may be demanded until the uncertain component is computed. Which is the proper correction under Article1248?
- The liquidated portion may be demanded and paid without waiting for liquidation of the rest.
- An unliquidated component always suspends every due liquidated amount.
- The uncertain component may simply be invented.
- The creditor must waive both components immediately.
- The debtor must pay whatever estimated total counsel chooses.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles1244,1246,1248,1251,1956: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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