Text of the provision
Art. 2039. When the parties compromise generally on all differences which they might have with each other, the discovery of documents referring to one or more but not to all of the questions settled shall not itself be a cause for annulment or rescission of the compromise, unless said documents have been concealed by one of the parties. But the compromise may be annulled or rescinded if it refers only to one thing to which one of the parties has no right, as shown by the newly-discovered documents.
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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
Newly-discovered documents on some but not all settled questions do not annul a general compromise — unless concealed by a party; a compromise on a single thing to which a party had no right may be annulled.
Related provisions
- Article 2038 — Vitiated Compromise.
- Article 2040 — Compromise Ignorant of a Final Judgment.
Cases citing this article
- Estate of Salud Jimenez vs. Philippine Export Processing Zone, G.R. No. 137285, January 16, 2001 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Equitable PCI Banking Corporation vs. RCBC Capital Corporation, G.R. No. 182248, December 18, 2008 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- National Power Corporation vs. Hon. Rose Marie Alonzo-Legasto, et al, G.R. No. 148318, November 22, 2004 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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