Text of the provision
Art. 1990. If the depositary by force majeure or government order loses the thing and receives money or another thing in its place, he shall deliver the sum or other thing to the depositor.
(1777a)
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
If the depositary loses the thing by force majeure or government order but receives money or another thing in its place, he must deliver that substitute to the depositor.
Related provisions
- Article 1989 — Depositary's Early Return.
- Article 1991 — Heir Who Sold the Deposited Thing.
Cases citing this article
- Spouses Rolando and Herminia Salvador vs. Spouses Rogelio and Elizabeth Rabaja and Rosario Gonzales, G.R. No. 199990, February 4, 2015 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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