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Obligations of The Bailor
Obligations of The Bailor
1. The primary obligation of the bailor is to allow the bailee the use of the thing loaned
for the duration of the period stipulated or until the accomplishment of the purpose for
which the commodatum was constituted
a. However, the lender may demand its return or temporary use if he has the urgent
need of the thing or if the borrower commits an act of ingratitude
2. PRECARIUM: a kind of commodatum where the bailor may demand the thing at will. In
this kind of commodatum, the lender may demand at will the return of thing under the
following circumstances:
a. If neither the duration of the contract nor the use to which the thing loaned should be
devoted, has been stipulated; or
b. If the use of the thing is merely tolerated by the owner.
c. the law recognizes the urgency as well as it is gratuitous.
d. Take note that in precarium, there is no stipulated period or the use is merely tolerated