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CONTRACTS
AS TO NATURE OF
DEFECT
RESCISSIBLE
(Arts 1381 1389)
Economic prejudice
or damage to:
- owner
- 3rd person
- litigant
Contracts in representation of
absentees when latter suffers
lesion of more than 25% of
value of thing
Can generally be
ASSAILED and
CURED by: Injured
Party
EFFECTS:
Mutual restitution
DEFECTIVE
CONTRACTS
VALID
until rescinded
VALID
until rescinded
VALID
until rescinded
VALID
until rescinded
VALID
until rescinded
EFFECT
ON
CONTRACT
ASSAILABLE
?
HOW?
AS TO NATURE
OF DEFECT
Want of capacity
- age
- insanity
VOIDABLE
(Arts 1390
1402)
Vitiated consent
EFFECT:
Cleanses defect
of contract
Does not
prejudice right of
3P prior to
ratification
Mutual restitution
EFFECT ON
CONTRACT
Consent is vitiated
by:
mistake or error
violence and
intimidation
(duress)
undue influence
fraud,
misrepresentati
on
VALID
until annulled
by court
action
YES. Both
through direct
and collateral
attacks.
Action for
annulment
ASSAILABLE?
HOW?
By ward
Or by guardian ad litem
of ward during incapacity
of ward in action against
original guardian
WHEN TO
ASSAIL?
Within 4 years from
gaining (minor) or
regaining (insane)
capacity
CURABLE?
HOW?
YES
By ratification
(Confirmation by
the ward)
WHO CAN
CURE?
WHEN TO
CURE?
By ward
By absentee
YES
By prescription
By
absentee
By plaintiff-creditor
By heirs of creditor
BY creditors of creditors
injured (accion
subrogatoria) By other
third parties prejudiced
by the contract
YES
By prescription
By creditor
By party litigant
YES
By prescription
By party
litigant
WHEN TO ASSAIL?
Within 4 years from
cessation of (re)gaining
capacity
CURABLE? HOW?
YES
By ratification
By prescription
YES
1 By ratification
- Express
- Implied
- (silence or acquiescence, acts
showing approval or adoption
of contract, acceptance and
retention of benefits)
2 By prescription
WHEN TO CURE?
By parties
themselves
By guardian in behalf
of an incapacitated
party during
existence of
incapacity
DEFECTIVE
CONTRACTS
AS TO NATURE OF
DEFECT
Contract entered into
name of another without
authority or in excess of
authority
UNENFORCEAB
LE
(Arts 1403
1408)
Contracts covered by
Statute of Frauds and not
complying with
requirement of a written
memo
EFFECT ON
CONTRACT
VALID
but cannot be
ENFORCED
by a proper action in
court
VALID
but cannot be
ENFORCED
by a proper action in
court
ASSAILABLE?
HOW?
YES.
Not by direct action but by DEFENSE of
unenforceability of contract through
motion to dismiss complaint on the
ground that contract is unenforceable
YES.
Not by direct action but by DEFENSE of
unenforceability of contract either
through:
1. motion to dismiss complaint on the
ground that contract is unenforceable
2. objection to presentation of oral
evidence to prove contract
WHEN TO ASSAIL?
By owner of property
CURABLE? HOW?
By ratification
YES.
Not by direct action but by DEFENSE of
unenforceability of contract through
motion to dismiss complaint on the
ground that contract is unenforceable
By other party
By his privies (heirs,
representatives and
assigns)
By failure to object
seasonably to
presentation of oral
evidence
By acceptance of
benefits under the
contract
By parents or
guardians of both
parties
By confirmation
Imprescriptible
Cannot be cured
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Imprescriptible
Cannot be cured
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By guardian
VOID or
INEXISTENT
(Arts 1409
1422)
By acknowledgement By
performance of oral
contract
By other party
VALID
but cannot be
ENFORCED
by a proper action in
court
By innocent party
YES.
By an action for declaration for nullity
By defense of nullity
YES.
By an action for declaration for nullity
By defense of nullity
Contracts expressly
prohibited by law
(Art 1409 Par 7)
YES.
By an action for declaration for nullity
By defense of nullity
Imprescriptible
Cannot be cured
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