Text of the provision
Art. 1266. The debtor in obligations to do shall also be released when the prestation becomes legally or physically impossible without the fault of the obligor.
(1184a)
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
A debtor in an obligation to do is released when the prestation becomes legally or physically impossible without their fault.
Related provisions
- Article 1265 — Presumption of Fault on Loss.
- Article 1267 — Doctrine of Unforeseen Difficulty (Rebus Sic Stantibus).
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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