Oral Recitation (2) Flashcards
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Article 1157. Obligation arise from
(1)Law
(2)Contracts
(3)Quasi contracts
(4)Acts or omission punished by law
(5)Quasi delicts
(1)Law
When they are imposed by law itself.
- Contracts
When they arise from stipulation of the parties.
- Quasi-Contracts
When they arise from lawful, voluntary, and unilateral apps which are enforceable to the end that no one should be unjustly and rich or benefited at the expense of another.
- Crimes or acts or omission punished by law
When they arise from civil liability which is the consequence of a criminal offense
- Quasi-delicts or torts.
When they arise from damage caused to another through an act or omission, there being fault or negligence, but no contractual relation exists between the parties.
Article 1315
Contracts are not perfected by mere consent, and from that moment the parties are bound not only to the fulfillment of what has been expressly stipulated but also to all the consequences which according to their nature, may be keeping with good faith, usage and law.
Article 1318. There is no contract unless the following requisites concur;
(1)Consent of the contracting parties.
(2)Objects certain which is the subject matter of the contract.
(3)Cause of the obligation which is established.
Classes of elements of a contract
1.Essential elements
2.Natural elements 3.Accidental elements
- Essential elements
Or those without which no contract can validly exist regardless of the intentions of the parties.
They are also known as requisites of a contract they may be subdivided into:
a. Common
b. Special
a. Common
Are those present in all contracts, namely, consent, object, and cost.
b. Special
Or those not common to all contracts are those which must be present only in or peculiar to
Certain specified contracts and such pelicularity maybe:
(1) as regards to form
(2) as regards the subject matter
(3) as regards the consideration or cost
(2)Natural elements
Are those that are presumed to exist in certain contracts unless the contrary is expressly stipulated by the parties.
(3) accidental elements
Or the particular stipulations, clauses, terms, or conditions established by the parties in their contract.