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Art. 1397. The action for the annulment of Art. 1397. The action for the annulment of
contracts may be instituted by all who are contracts may be instituted by all who are
thereby obliged principally or subsidiarily. thereby obliged principally or subsidiarily.
However, persons who are capable cannot However, persons who are capable cannot
allege the incapacity of those with whom allege the incapacity of those with whom
they contracted; nor can those who they contracted; nor can those who
exerted intimidation, violence, or undue exerted intimidation, violence, or undue
influence, or employed fraud, or caused influence, or employed fraud, or caused
mistake base their action upon these flaws mistake base their action upon these flaws
of the contract. of the contract.
Art. 1399. When the defect of the contract Art. 234. Emancipation takes place by the
consists in the incapacity of one of the attainment of majority. Unless otherwise
parties, the incapacitated person is not provided, majority commences at the age
obliged to make any restitution except of twenty-one years.
insofar as he has been benefited by the Emancipation also takes place:
thing or price received by him.
(1) By the marriage of the minor; or
1. Necessaries (Arts. 1489 and 290); (2) By the recording in the Civil Register of
an agreement in a public instrument
Art. 1489. All persons who are authorized executed by the parent exercising parental
in this Code to obligate themselves, may authority and the minor at least eighteen
years of age. Such emancipation shall be In the absence of such authority or
irrevocable. consent, the disposition or encumbrance
shall be void. However, the transaction
Art. 236. Emancipation for any cause shall shall be construed as a continuing offer on
terminate parental authority over the the part of the consenting spouse and the
person and property of the child who shall third person, and may be perfected as a
then be qualified and responsible for all binding contract upon the acceptance by
acts of civil life. the other spouse or authorization by the
court before the offer is withdrawn by
B. SALES BY AND BETWEEN SPOUSES either or both offerors.
1. Contracts with Third Parties (Arts. Art. 124. The administration and
73, 96, and 124, Family Code) – enjoyment of the conjugal partnership shall
belong to both spouses jointly. In case of
Art. 73. Either spouse may exercise any disagreement, the husband's decision shall
legitimate profession, occupation, business prevail, subject to recourse to the court by
or activity without the consent of the other. the wife for proper remedy, which must be
The latter may object only on valid, availed of within five years from the date of
serious, and moral grounds. the contract implementing such decision.
In case of disagreement, the court shall In the event that one spouse is
decide whether or not: incapacitated or otherwise unable to
participate in the administration of the
(1) The objection is proper; and conjugal properties, the other spouse may
(2) Benefit has occurred to the assume sole powers of administration.
family prior to the objection or These powers do not include disposition or
thereafter. If the benefit accrued encumbrance without authority of the court
prior to the objection, the resulting or the written consent of the other spouse.
obligation shall be enforced against In the absence of such authority or
the separate property of the spouse consent, the disposition or encumbrance
who has not obtained consent. shall be void. However, the transaction
shall be construed as a continuing offer on
The foregoing provisions shall not prejudice the part of the consenting spouse and the
the rights of creditors who acted in good third person, and may be perfected as a
faith. binding contract upon the acceptance by
the other spouse or authorization by the
Art. 96. The administration and enjoyment court before the offer is withdrawn by
of the community property shall belong to either or both offerors.
both spouses jointly. In case of
disagreement, the husband's decision shall CASES:
prevail, subject to recourse to the court by RAVINA V. VILLA ABRILLE, G.R. NO.
the wife for proper remedy, which must be 160708, OCTOBER 16, 2009;
availed of within five years from the date of
the contract implementing such decision. FACTS:
Respondent Mary Ann Pasaol Villa Abrille
In the event that one spouse is and Pedro Villa Abrille are husband and
incapacitated or otherwise unable to wife. They have four children, who are also
participate in the administration of the parties to the instant case and are
common properties, the other spouse may represented by their mother, Mary Ann.
assume sole powers of administration.
These powers do not include disposition or In 1982, the spouses acquired a 555-
encumbrance without authority of the court square meter parcel of land denominated
or the written consent of the other spouse. as Lot 7, located in Davao City, and
covered by Transfer Certificate of Title HELD:
(TCT) No. T-88674 in their names. Said lot The claim is erroneous to say the least. The
is adjacent to a parcel of land which Pedro manner by which respondent and her
acquired when he was still single and which children were removed from the family
is registered solely in his name under TCT home deserves our condemnation. While
No. T-26471. respondent was out and her children were
in school, Pedro Villa Abrille acting in
Through their joint efforts and the proceeds connivance with the petitioners[21]
of a loan from the Development Bank of the surreptitiously transferred all their personal
Philippines (DBP), the spouses built a belongings to another place.
house on Lot 7 and Pedro’s lot. The house
was finished in the early 1980’s but the The respondents then were not allowed to
spouses continuously made improvements, enter their rightful home or family abode
including a poultry house and an annex. despite their impassioned pleas.
In 1991, Pedro got a mistress and began to Firmly established in our civil law is the
neglect his family. Mary Ann was forced to doctrine that: “Every person must, in the
sell or mortgage their movables to support exercise of his rights and in the
the family and the studies of her children. performance of his duties, act with justice,
By himself, Pedro offered to sell the house give everyone his due, and observe
and the two lots to herein petitioners, honesty and good faith.”[22] When a right
Patrocinia and Wilfredo Ravina. Mary Ann is exercised in a manner that does not
objected and notified the petitioners of her conform with such norms and results in
objections, but Pedro nonetheless sold the damages to another, a legal wrong is
house and the two lots without Mary Ann’s thereby committed for which the wrong
consent, as evidenced by a Deed of doer must be held responsible. Similarly,
Sale[5]. It appears on the said deed that any person who willfully causes loss or
Mary Ann did not sign on top of her name. injury to another in a manner that is
On July 5, 1991 while Mary Ann was contrary to morals, good customs or public
outside the house and the four children policy shall compensate the latter for the
were in school, Pedro together with armed damages caused. [23] It is patent in this
members of the Civilian Armed Forces case that petitioners’ alleged acts fall short
Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and acting in of these established civil law standards.
connivance with petitioners[6] began
transferring all their belongings from the AGGABAO V. PARULAN, JR., 629 SCRA
house to an apartment. 562 (2010);
D. SALES BY
ADMINISTRATORS/EXECUTORS - Lee
v. RTC, G.R. No. 146006, February 23,
2004