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OBLICON - Art. 1156-1178, W - Notes
OBLICON - Art. 1156-1178, W - Notes
OBLICON - Art. 1156-1178, W - Notes
(2) When from the nature and the Art. 1174. Except in cases expressly specified
circumstances of the obligation it appears that by the law, or when it is otherwise declared by
the designation of the time when the thing is to stipulation, or when the nature of the
be delivered or the service is to be rendered obligation requires the assumption of risk, no
was a controlling motive for the establishment person shall be responsible for those events
of the contract; or which could not be foreseen, or which, though
foreseen, were inevitable. (1105a)
(3) When demand would be useless, as when
the obligor has rendered it beyond his power to Art. 1175. Usurious transactions shall be
perform. governed by special laws. (n)
In reciprocal obligations, neither party incurs Art. 1176. The receipt of the principal by the
in delay if the other does not comply or is not creditor without reservation with respect to the
ready to comply in a proper manner with what interest, shall give rise to the presumption that
is incumbent upon him. From the moment one said interest has been paid.
of the parties fulfills his obligation, delay by
the other begins. (1100a) The receipt of a later installment of a debt
without reservation as to prior installments,
Art. 1170. Those who in the performance of shall likewise raise the presumption that such
their obligations are guilty of fraud, installments have been paid. (1110a)
Art. 1177. The creditors, after having pursued
the property in possession of the debtor to
satisfy their claims, may exercise all the rights
and bring all the actions of the latter for the
same purpose, save those which are inherent in
his person; they may also impugn the acts
which the debtor may have done to defraud
them. (1111)