Text of the provision
Art. 1281. Compensation may be total or partial. When the two debts are of the same amount, there is a total compensation.
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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
Compensation may be total or partial; it is total when the two debts are of the same amount, and otherwise extinguishes them only up to the concurrent amount.
Related provisions
- Article 1280 — Guarantor's Right to Set Up Compensation.
- Article 1282 — Voluntary Compensation.
Cases citing this article
- Solar Team Entertainment, Inc. vs. Team Image Entertainment, Inc., and Felix S. Co, G.R. No. 191652, September 13, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. vs. Sps. Jose R. Bernardo and Lilibeth R. Bernardo, G.R. No. 190667, November 7, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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