Article 1424
RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision
ELI5— what this means for you
If your right to sue over a civil obligation has already expired under the statute of limitations, and you voluntarily go ahead and pay or perform anyway, you can't later ask for it back.
Official text — RA 386
When a right to sue upon a civil obligation has lapsed by extinctive prescription, the obligor who voluntarily performs the contract cannot recover what he has delivered or the value of the service he has rendered.
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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