Text of the provision
Art. 1337. There is undue influence when a person takes improper advantage of his power over the will of another, depriving the latter of a reasonable freedom of choice. The following circumstances shall be considered: the confidential, family, spiritual and other relations between the parties, or the fact that the person alleged to have been unduly influenced was suffering from mental weakness, or was ignorant or in financial distress.
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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
There is undue influence when a person takes improper advantage of his power over another's will, depriving that person of reasonable freedom of choice — judged by the parties' confidential/family/spiritual relations, mental weakness, ignorance, or financial distress.
Related provisions
- Article 1336 — Violence by a Third Person.
- Article 1338 — Fraud (Dolo Causante).
Cases citing this article
- Republic of the Philippines vs. Roguza Development Corporation, G.R. No. 199705, April 3, 2019 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Flordaliza Llanes Grande vs. Philippine Nautical Training College The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc, G.R. No. 213137, March 1, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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