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CONTRACTS
COMPENSATION
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Source: Buhain-ObliCon-Digests, A2024 ObliCon MCG Digests Extinguishment of Obligations, and Claudia’ s
OBLICON Reviewer for Balane.
the amount they owe).
8. Cia. Maritima v. CA Yes (not legal, but judicial For compensation to take
compensation) place, the debts must be
liquidated. In this case, the
amount expended for repairs
and improvements had yet to
be determined. Moreover,
rentals for the use of the
vessel by PO were neither due
nor demandable at the time
of dispossession.
Although compensation by
operation of law (legal
compensation) did not take
place, the rentals payable by
Pan-Oriental should still be
deducted from the sum of
useful expenses plus legal
interest due. This is an
example of judicial
compensation.
18. Commercial Bank & N/A (The case focused on art. Banks have the option (not
Trust Co. v. BPI 1287 and not the requisites of duty) to set off liabilities.
compensation) They can’t be compelled to
exercise that option because
it’s only an alternative
method of enforcing their
claim.
21. United Planters Sugar 2007 Resolution: No 2007 Resolution: Court did
Milling v. CA not allow set-off done by PNB
2009 Resolution: Yes since Article 1279
(conventional compensation) prohibits compensation
between parties not principal
2010 Resolution: Yes creditors and debtors of
(conventional compensation) each other. PNB set off
UPSUMCO funds not for itself
but as APT's collecting agent.
PNB is a debtor as against
United Planters since a bank
holds the money of their
account holders. Therefore,
the mutual creditor-debtor
relationship exists between
them but not between APT
and United Planters.