Text of the provision
Art. 1280. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding article, the guarantor may set up compensation as regards what the creditor may owe the principal debtor.
(1197)
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 guarantor may set up compensation for what the creditor owes the principal debtor — an exception to the rule that one raises only one's own defenses.
Related provisions
- Article 1279 — Requisites of Legal Compensation.
- Article 1281 — Total or Partial Compensation.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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