Text of the provision
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.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
After pursuing the debtor's known property, creditors may exercise the debtor's own rights and actions (accion subrogatoria), except purely personal ones, and may impugn acts done to defraud them (accion pauliana). These protect creditors against an evasive debtor.
Related provisions
- Article 1176 — Presumptions on Receipts.
- Article 1178 — Transmissibility of Rights.
Cases citing this article
- Dr. Restituto C. Buenviaje vs. Spouses Jovito R. and Lydia B. Salonga, et al, G.R. No. 216023, October 5, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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