Article 1158
ELI5— what this means for you
An obligation created purely by law (not by contract) isn't automatically assumed to exist — it only applies where a specific law or this Code expressly creates it, and that law's own terms govern it, with this Code filling in whatever it doesn't cover.
Official text — RA 386
Obligations derived from law are not presumed. Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them; and as to what has not been foreseen, by the provisions of this Book. (1090)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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