PROBLEM NO.

1
I will give you Php 10,000 if I can sell my land this year. If I succeed in selling my land
this year, am I under obligation to give you Php 10,000?
- Financial obligation
PROBLEM NO. 2
I will give you a specific car if you will marry X this year. What is my obligation if:
1. If you marry X on December 25?
- My obligation is to give the car
2. If on December 25, X died, without marriage?
- My obligation is extinguished because one of the party is dead, marriage is impossible
to take place
If this year has ended, no marriage taking place, but both parties are alive?
- Just the same my obligation is extinguished because the time indicated has already
elapsed.

PROBLEM NO. 3
I will give you a specific car if you will NOT marry X this year. What is my obligation if:
1. If you marry X on December 25?
- The obligation is effective on December 26 if C married someone else before the
2. If on December 25, X died, without marriage?
- My obligation is to give a car, because one of the party is dead, marriage is not
impossible.
If this year has ended, no marriage taking place, but both parties are alive?
- Just the same my obligation is to give the specific car because the time indicated has
already elapsed.
PROBLEM NO. 4
On June 25, 2020, S will sell his parcel of land to B for 1,000,000, if B will pass his
Board Examination on May 25, 2022.
1. Who is the owner of the land after the promise was made up to May 25, 2022?
- Depending on the circumstances, B will become the new owner of the parcel of land if
he passes the board examination. And if B failed his board examination, S retained
rights to the land.
2. Who is the owner of the land if on May 25, 2022, B passed the examination? When is
the ownership vested?
- Because he passed the examination, B will be the new landowner. After May 25, 2022,
the ownership will be fully vested.
3. One year after the promise was made or on May 25, 2021, S sold the land to X. Is the
sale valid?
- This circumstance is invalid, because S already made a promissory to B.
4. Supposing on May 25, 2022, B passed the examination, how will the dispute between
B and X be resolved?
- I think that the best way to resolve the dispute between B and X is through negotiation.

PROBLEM NO. 5
I will give you a specific horse if you will pass your May 30, 2021 Board Examination.
1. If on May 20, 2021 the horse gave birth to a colt, what is your right after passing the
Board Examination?
My o
2. What if the horse gave birth to a colt by artificial insemination at my expense, what is
your right after passing the Board Examination?
I will give you a specific car if you will pass your May 30, 2021 Board Examination.
If on May 20, 2021 I installed an air-conditioning unit inside the car because of the dry
season spell, what is your right after passing the Board Examination?
PROBLEM NO. 6

Identify for whose benefit is the period in the following obligations:

1. D binds himself to pay C Php 10,000 on December 25, 2019.
2. D binds himself to pay C “within 2 years”.
3. D binds himself to pay C “within 2 years on demand”.
PROBLEM NO. 7

On December 25, 2020, D binds himself to pay C Php16,000 with 14% interest annually
on December 25, 2025. Is this obligation with a period for the benefit of the debtor?
Creditor? Or both the creditor and debtor?
Explain your answer.

PROBLEM NO. 8
D obliged himself to give C, object No. 1, or object No. 2. The contract giving rise to the
obligation did not mention the right to choose. On the date of maturity, can C demand
from D the delivery of the object No.1?
- No, because the obligation is silent, the right of choice belongs to D.
PROBLEM NO. 9

D obliged himself to give C, object No. 1, but if D wants, he may give object No. 2 as
substitute. If object
No. 2 is lost due to fortuitous event before substitution, what is the right of C?
Suppose the substitution was already made when object no. 2 is lost, what is the right of
C?
PROBLEM NO. 10
X insured his specific house to Y insurer. The contract stated that if the house is
damaged or destroyed by the peril insured against, Y will pay the policy or rebuild it in
sufficient manner. Is this an alternative or facultative obligation?
- Yes, because after the occurrence of loss, he may pay the proceeds of the policy or
rebuild it