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Inter Office Legal Memo
Inter Office Legal Memo
Issue: Whether the debtor is entitled to pay the sum of Ten Million
Article 1953 provides that a person who receives a loan of money or any
other fungible thing acquires the ownership thereof and is bound to pay to
the creditor an equal amount of the same kind and quality. The obligation of
1249 and 1250 of the Civil Code of the Philippines. According to Article
1249, the payment of debts in money shall be made in the currency
shall only produce effect of payment if and only if they have been cashed.
have been impaired through the fault of the creditor. Article 1250
stipulated. It provides that the value of the currency at the time of the
FACTS:
with the said condition and agreed that there will be no interest imposed on
the amount of money borrowed. On the next day, the Plaintiff delivered the
instituted a Demand letter to compel the Defendant to pay the said amount
Since the Defendant was not present in the residence that day, the demand
Plaintiff’s house helper and further claims that Plaintiff was not around in
her home the said day of July 27, 2016, and that she did not receive any
DISCUSSION:
exists when ; there is failure failure of the debtor to perform his (positive)
obligation on the date agreed upon; demand (not mere reminder or notice)
made by the creditor upon the debtor to fulfill, perform, or comply with his
The provisions under Articles 1953 and 1249 of the Civil Code of the
helper and further claims that Plaintiff was not around in his home.
were made by the Defendants with good motive and were fair
comments;
sustained.