Text of the provision
Art. 1263. In an obligation to deliver a generic thing, the loss or destruction of anything of the same kind does not extinguish the obligation.
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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
In an obligation to deliver a generic thing, the loss of any particular unit does not extinguish the obligation — genus nunquam perit, the kind never perishes; the debtor must still deliver another of the same kind.
Related provisions
- Article 1262 — Loss of a Determinate Thing.
- Article 1264 — Partial Loss.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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