TITLE III
NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
(Art. 1423 – 1430)
Obligations are civil or natural. Civil obligations give a right of action
to compel their performance. Natural obligations, not being based on
positive law but on equity and natural law, do not grant a right of
action to enforce their performance, but after voluntary fulfillment by
the obligor, they authorize the retention of what has been delivered or
rendered by reason thereof. Some natural obligations are set forth in
the following articles
TWO KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS
1. Civil Obligations – these are the obligations that give a right of action to compel their
performance. They are based on positive law.
2. Natural Obligations- these are obligations that do not grant a right of action to compel
their performance. They are based on equity and natural law; hence, the obligor can no
longer recover what he has paid or delivered after their voluntary fulfillment.
-means the debtor makes the payment although he knew that he cannot be
legally compelled to do so.