Business Law - Sales - 22 Jan 2020 (DGT) Final
Business Law - Sales - 22 Jan 2020 (DGT) Final
Business Law - Sales - 22 Jan 2020 (DGT) Final
SALES
buyer/vendee
obligates himself to pay therefor a
price certain in money or its
equivalent.
Rules on Price:
3) Cause: 3) Cause:
Seller: Price Creditor: delivery of the
Buyer: Delivery of object given in place of
the object the credit
Debtor: Extinguishment
of the obligation
Option money
Rules
1) Duty of seller to preserve thing after perfection
but before delivery -
the seller is obliged to take care of the thing with the
diligence of a good father of a family unless the law
or the stipulation of the parties requires another
standard of care.
Rules
3) Loss of or injury to the thing –
Note:
Weight of authority is on the 2nd view because it is
consistent with the principle of “res perit domino” which
means that “the loss of property falls upon the owner.”
Incorporeal property
o is a legal right in intangible property which
have value but lacking in physical existence
o Examples:
patents, copyrights, lease or mortgage,
brand identity, licenses, intellectual
property & other property rights
a. By constructive tradition –
o delivery of incorporeal property by the
execution of a public instrument
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Kinds of Delivery
Delivery of incorporeal property –
1. S stole the ring of O & sells the same to B who does not
have any knowledge that the ring was stolen. Did B
acquire title to the ring?
Example 2:
2) S sold his ring to B in a public instrument. However, B
informed S that he would obtain actual delivery of the
ring after 3 days. The day after the sale to B, S sold
the same ring to X in a private instrument. X
immediately took actual possession of the ring. X was
not aware of the previous sale to B. Neither was B
aware of the sale to X at the time that he (B) purchased
the ring since the sale to X had not taken place. Who
has a better right to the ring? B or X?
Example 1
1) On May 1, S sold his lot to X. The deed of sale was in
a private instrument. On May 3, S sold the same lot to
Y in a public instrument. On May 5, S sold again the
said lot to Z in a public instrument. Z immediately
registered the sale with the Register of Deeds. X, Y
and Z did not know of the sale made to the other two
and none of them took possession of the lot.
Example
1) On May 1, S sold his lot to X. The deed of sale was in a
private instrument. On May 3, S sold the same lot to Y in
a public instrument. On May 5, S sold again the said lot to
Z in a public instrument. Z immediately registered the
sale with the Register of Deeds. X, Y and Z did not know
of the sale made to the other two and none of them took
possession of the lot.
General Rule:
General rule:
Buyer has the right to examine the goods
before accepting them.
Exceptions:
1) when there is an agreement to that effect
Kinds of warranties:
1) Express warranties
2) Implied warranties
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Kinds of Warranties
Express warranties –
Implied warranties –
those that are inherent in a contract of sale
& accompany them unless they are
suppressed by the parties.
Period of redemption –
a. If no period is stated in the agreement –
right may be exercised w/n 4 years from
date of the contract
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Instances of Legal Redemption
Instances of Legal redemption –
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Equitable Mortgage
In any of the above cases, any money, fruits
or other benefit to be received by the
vendee as rent or otherwise shall be
considered as interest which shall be
subject to the usury laws.
Right to reformation
Parties may ask for reformation if they really
intended a mortgage but the instrument
states that the property is sold absolutely or
with a right of repurchase
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Equitable Mortgage
Illustration:
Facts: S & B entered into a transaction which purported to
be a sale of a lot & building by S with the right to
repurchase.
Issue: Whether the contract was really an equitable
mortgage.
Held: The following circumstances were held as indicating
that the transaction was intended by the parties to secure
the payment of a debt:
(1) S did not intend in any way to sell his lot & building
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Equitable Mortgage
Illustration:
(3) The money that S borrowed from B was partly to finish
the construction of the building; and
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Equitable Mortgage
In a contract of sale with pacto de retro, the
practice is to fix a relatively reduced price of
the property to make it easier for the vendor
a retro to redeem the property.
Illustration:
Facts: S agreed to deliver to B monthly for a period of
10 years a specified amount of water gas tar & coal gas
tar. S failed to make delivery up to a certain date and
“flatly refused to make any delivery under the
contract.”
Issue: May B sue for breach of the entire contract?
Held: Yes. As a general rule, a contract to do several
things at several times is divisible in nature, so as to
entitle the injured party to damages from time to time
for breaches as they occur. But an unqualified &
positive refusal to perform a contract, though
performance thereof is not yet due, may be treated as a
complete breach entitling & requiring the injured party
to recover all his damages in one suit.
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Remedies of Vendor in Installment
Sales of Personal Property (Recto Law)
Vendor of personal property payable in
installments may exercise any of the
following remedies:
1) elect fulfillment upon the vendee’s failure to
pay – applicable regardless of the number of
installments defaulted
2) if the vendee fails to pay two or more
installments – vendor may either:
a) cancel the sale – vendor shall return to the
buyer the sums received minus reasonable
rent but the parties may stipulate that the
installments or rents paid shall not be
returned provided the stipulation is not
unconscionable.
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Remedies of Vendor in Installment
Sales of Personal Property (Recto
Law)
Vendor of personal property payable in
installments may exercise any of the
following remedies:
b) foreclose the chattel mortgage, if chattel
mortgaged has been constituted on the thing
sold – there is no further action of the vendor
against the buyer to recover any unpaid balance
of the price; any agreement to the contrary is
void.
Note:
Remedies are alternative & are not exercised
cumulatively or successively & the election of one is a
waiver of the right to resort to the others.
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Remedies of Vendor in Installment Sales
of Personal Property (Recto Law)
Illustrations:
Facts: S sold his only car for P100,000 payable in 10
equal monthly installments of P10,000 each. As security,
B executed a chattel mortgage on the car.
Answer:
No. Since S chose the 3rd remedy, he shall have no
further action against the buyer for any deficiency. This
is true even if there was agreement between S and B
that S could go after B should the purchase price at the
auction sale be less than the balance of the original
purchase price.
Transactions covered –
sale or financing of real estate on
installment payments, including residential
condominium apartments, but excluding
industrial lots, commercial buildings & sales
to tenants under the Land Reform Law,
where the buyer has paid at least 2 years of
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Sale of Real Property in
Installment (R.A. 6552 –
the Maceda Law)
Rights of the buyer -
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Sale of Real Property in
Installment (R.A.
6552 – the Maceda Law)
if at least 2 years of installments had been
paid at the time of default -
2. Additional rights
(a) the buyer shall have the right during the
grace period before the cancellation of
the contract:
(1) to sell his rights to another by
notarial act
(2) to assign his rights to another, by
notarial act; or
(3) to reinstate the contract by updating
the account
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Sale of Real Property in
Installment (R.A.
6552 – the Maceda Law)
Rights of the buyer -
2. Additional rights
(b) To pay in advance any installment or the
full unpaid balance any time w/o interest
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Installment Sale of Subdivision
Lots & Condominium (P.D. 987 )
“ Subdivision & Condominium Buyers’
Protective Decree”
When
When things
things go
go wrong,
wrong, as
as they
they sometimes
sometimes will, will,
when the road you're trudging seems all
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill, uphill,
when
when the
the funds
funds are
are low
low and
and the
the debts
debts areare high,
high,
and
and you
you want
want to
to smile
smile but
but you
you have
have to to sigh,
sigh,
when
when care
care is
is pressing
pressing you
you down
down aa bit
bit -- rest
rest ifif you
you must,
must,
but
but don't
don't you
you quit.
quit.
Life
Life is
is queer
queer with
with its
its twists
twists and
and turns.
turns.
As
As everyone
everyone of of us
us sometimes
sometimes learns.
learns.
And
And many a fellow turns about when he
many a fellow turns about when he
might have won had he stuck
might have won had he stuck it out. it out.
Don't
Don't give
give up up though
though the
the pace
pace seems
seems slow
slow --
you
you maymay succeed
succeed with
with another
another blow.
blow.
Often
Often the
the goal
goal isis nearer
nearer than
than itit seems
seems
to a faint and faltering
to a faint and faltering man;man;
often
often the struggler
the struggler hashas given
given up
up when
when he
he
might have captured the victor's
might have captured the victor's cup; cup;
and
and he learned
he learned too
too late
late when
when the
the night
night came
came down,
down,
how close he was to the golden
how close he was to the golden crown. crown.
Success
Success is is failure
failure turned
turned inside
inside out
out --
the
the silver
silver tint
tint of
of the
the clouds
clouds of
of doubt,
doubt,
and
and when you never can tell how close you
when you never can tell how close you are,
are,
itit may
may be be near
near when
when itit seems
seems afar;
afar;
so
so stick
stick to to the
the fight
fight when
when you're
you're hardest
hardest hithit --
it's
it's when
when things
things seem
seem worst,
worst,
you
you must
must notnot quit.
quit.
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Thank
you!
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