Article 1425

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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If someone pays off your debt without your knowledge or against your wishes, but the debt had already expired under the statute of limitations, and you later voluntarily pay them back anyway, you can't ask for that reimbursement back.

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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