Text of the provision
Art. 1251. Payment shall be made in the place designated in the obligation. There being no express stipulation and if the undertaking is to deliver a determinate thing, the payment shall be made wherever the thing might be at the moment the obligation was constituted. In any other case the place of payment shall be the domicile of the debtor. If the debtor changes his domicile in bad faith or after he has incurred in delay, the additional expenses shall be borne by him. These provisions are without prejudice to venue under the Rules of Court.
(1171a)
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 is made at the place designated; absent one, where the determinate thing was located when the obligation arose, and otherwise at the debtor's domicile. A debtor who changes domicile in bad faith or after delay bears the added expenses.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1250 — Extraordinary Inflation or Deflation.
- Article 1252 — Application of Payments.
Cases citing this article
- Santiago Ibasco vs. Court of Appeals, et al, G.R. No. 117488, September 5, 1996 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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