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3 Sales 007
3 Sales 007
3 Sales 007
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SALES
Sales, defined
By the contract of sale one of the contracting parties
obligates himself to transfer the ownership and to
deliver a determinate thing, and the other to pay
therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent
(Art. 1458).
Essential Elements - necessary for the validity of the
sale.
Meeting of the minds of the seller and the buyer
Object which is certain and determinate
Price certain in money or its equivalent
encumbrances
Accidental Elements - may or may not exist
depending on the stipulations of the parties
like conditions, payment of interest, place and
time of payment.
Contract of Sale
Contract to Sell
Sale
fromisContract
Title over distinguished
the property passes to
Ownership
retained by the to
the buyer upon delivery unless
seller whether or not there is
Sell
there is a contrary agreement
delivery. Ownership passes to the
buyer only upon full payment of
the price
Non-payment of the purchase
price is a negative resolutory
condition, meaning the sale
becomes ineffective upon the
happening of such condition
Specific Performance/Rescission
No specific
performance/rescissionno
contract yet
Dacion en Pago
Payment by Cession
It extinguishes an obligation
Agency to Sell
Money Exchange
If local currency is exchanged for foreign
or expectancy.
may be either
Price, defined
Price is the sum stipulated as the equivalent of
the thing sold and also every incident taken into
consideration for the fixing of the price, which
was agreed upon by both parties
Rules on price
The price must be certain.
The price of the thing sold must be certain that
is, both parties must agree on the monetary
value or consideration of the thing of the
contract. The price is certain under the following
circumstances:
the sale
act or contract
If the price is so low as to be shocking to the
conscience
otherwise, it is unenforceable
or more
circumstances
seller,
who will bid without being bound but whose bids will have a
tendency to induce or provoke higher bids from interested
buyers, thus misleading the latter because of the inflated
bid price.
If notice was not given to the public that seller employed by-
Option Money
It is given as a distinct
consideration for an option
contract which gives the buyer a
specific period within which to
purchase the thing
would-be seller
Complete loss the sale is void, since there can be
no contract (absence of object)
Partial loss the buyer may choose between
fail to pay;
Notes:
The remedies have been recognized as alternative, not
end