Text of the provision
Art. 2154. If something is received when there is no right to demand it, and it was unduly delivered through mistake, the obligation to return it arises.
(1895)
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 something is received with no right to demand it, delivered through mistake, the obligation to return it arises — solutio indebiti (payment of what is not due). Its two requisites: no right to demand, and delivery by mistake.
Related provisions
- Article 2152 — Gestor's Liability to Third Persons.
- Article 2155 — Mistake of Law.
Cases citing this article
- Rosemarie Q. Rey vs. Cesar Anson, G.R. No. 211206, November 7, 2018 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Yon Mitori International Industries vs. Union Bank of the Philippines, G.R. No. 225538, October 14, 2020 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- National Transmission vs. Commission on Audit and COA Chairperson Michael G. Aguinaldo, G.R. No. 232199, December 1, 2020 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Domestic Petroleum Retailer Corporation vs. Manila International Airport Authority, G.R. No. 210641, March 27, 2019 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Bank of the Philippine Islands vs. Amado M. Mendoza and Maria Marcos Vda. De Mendoza, G.R. No. 198799, March 20, 2017 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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