Text of the provision
Art. 1241. Payment to a person who is incapacitated to administer his property shall be valid if he has kept the thing delivered, or insofar as the payment has been beneficial to him. Payment made to a third person shall also be valid insofar as it has redounded to the benefit of the creditor. Such benefit to the creditor need not be proved in the following cases:
(1) If after the payment, the third person acquires the creditor's rights;
(2) If the creditor ratifies the payment to the third person;
(3) If by the creditor's conduct, the debtor has been led to believe that the third person had authority to receive the payment.
(1163a)
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
Payment to an incapacitated creditor is valid if he kept the thing or was benefited; payment to a third person is valid insofar as it benefited the creditor — and benefit is presumed if the third person later acquires the credit, the creditor ratifies, or the creditor's conduct led the debtor to believe in the third person's authority.
Related provisions
- Article 1240 — To Whom Payment Must Be Made.
- Article 1242 — Payment to a Possessor of the Credit.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.