Text of the provision
Art. 1308. The contract must bind both contracting parties; its validity or compliance cannot be left to the will of one of them.
(1256a)
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 contract must bind both parties; its validity or compliance cannot be left to the will of one of them. This is the principle of mutuality of contracts.
Related provisions
- Article 1307 — Innominate Contracts.
- Article 1309 — Determination by a Third Person.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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