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Practice question: Provisional Deposit (Rule 135, Secs. 5(g) and 6; Guerrero Estate Dev. Corp. v. Leviste & Guerrero Realty Corp., G.R. No. 253428)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does naming a company as a nominal defendant by itself make it privy to another pair’s contract for deposit purposes?
  1. No; joinder alone does not supply the missing juridical tie
  2. Yes; a caption creates contractual obligations
  3. Yes; every nominal defendant owes all disputed funds
  4. Yes; knowledge of a contract equals consent to it
  5. Yes; all companies are one party

Legal references

  • Guerrero Estate v Leviste GR253428 February16,2022 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/feb2022/gr_253428_2022.html
  • Lorenzo Shipping v Villarin GR175727/178713 March6,2019 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_175727_2019.html

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