Text of the provision
Art. 1267. When the service has become so difficult as to be manifestly beyond the contemplation of the parties, the obligor may also be released therefrom, in whole or in part.
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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
When a service becomes so difficult as to be manifestly beyond what the parties contemplated, the obligor may be released in whole or in part. This codifies a limited rebus sic stantibus relief for radically changed circumstances.
Related provisions
- Article 1266 — Impossibility in Obligations to Do.
- Article 1268 — Loss of a Thing Arising From a Crime.
Cases citing this article
- Iloilo Jar Corporation vs. Comglasco Corporation/Aguila Glass, G.R. No. 219509, January 18, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Spouses Jaime and Matilde Poon vs. Prime Savings Bank represent by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation as Statutory Liquidator, G.R. No. 183794, June 13, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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