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Article 1425

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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When without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, a third person pays a debt which the debtor is not legally bound to pay because the action thereon has prescribed, but the debtor later voluntarily...

Official text — RA 386

When without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, a third person pays a debt which the obligor is not legally bound to pay because the action thereon has prescribed, but the debtor later voluntarily reimburses the third person, the obligor cannot recover what he has paid.

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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