GAME 1: VOID CONTRACTS

CC Provisions

100

Art. 1410. The action or defense for the declaration of the inexistence of a contract does not _____.

Prescribe

200

When can a relative simulation be binding to contracting parties?

When it does not prejudice a third person and is not intended for any purpose in contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order, or public policy. 

300

When can a void contract result to prosecution of parties? 

When the nullity proceeds from the illegality of the cause or object of the contract, and the act constitutes a criminal offense

Multiple Choice

100

NATURE: Void contracts..?

a) may be enforceable

b) cannot be ratified

c) can be legally binding upon certain conditions

b) cannot be ratified

200

TRUE OR FALSE: Good faith can be raised as a defense in void contracts.

a) true

b) false

FALSE

300

CASE Q

CASE ANSWER

Enumeration

100

Give 4 examples of void contracts

Art. 1409. The following contracts are inexistent and void from the beginning:

• (1) Those whose cause, object or purpose is contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order or public policy;

  (2) Those which are absolutely simulated or fictitious; 

  (3) Those whose cause or object did not exist at the time of the transaction; 

  (4) Those whose object is outside the commerce of men; 

  (5) Those which contemplate an impossible service; 

  (6) Those where the intention of the parties relative to the principal object of the contract cannot be ascertained; 

  (7) Those expressly prohibited or declared void by law.

200

When is recovery allowed in void contracts by one party?

Art. 1415, Art. 1416, Art. 1417, Art. 1419

300

CASE Q

CASE ANSWER