Article 1297
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If the new obligation is void, the original one shall subsist, unless the parties intended that the former relation should be extinguished in any event.
Official text — RA 386
If the new obligation is void, the original one shall subsist, unless the parties intended that the former relation should be extinguished in any event. (n)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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