Article 1179- Every obligation whose

performance does not depend upon a future

or uncertain event, or upon a past event
unknown to the parties, is demandable at
once. (PURE OBLIGATION; also dont have
specific date)
Every obligation which contain a
resolutory condition shall also be
demandable, without prejudice to the effects
of the happening of the event.
Conditional Obligation- one whose
consequences are subject in one way or
another to fulfillment of a condition
Kinds of Conditional Obligation:
Suspensive Condition (antecedent) - the
fulfillment of this condition will give rise to an
obligation; if this condition does not exist
there is no legal tie; until this condition
exists, the obligation is a mere hope.
Resolutory Condition (subsequent)- the
fulfillment of this condition will extinguish an
obligation that already exists; if this
condition exists, the tie of the law is
consolidated; until this condition exists, there
is an obligation.
Characteristics of a Condition:
Future and uncertain
Past but unknown- the knowledge to be
acquired in the future of a past event which
at the moment is unknown to the parties
interested.
When is an obligation demandable at
one:
When it is pure
When it is subject to a resolutory
condition
When it is subject to a resolutory
period
Article 1180-When the debtor binds himself
to pay when his means permit him to do so,
the obligation shall be deemed to be one
with a period, subject to the provisions of
article 1197.
Period- is a future and uncertain event upon
the arrival of which the obligation subject to
it either arises or is extinguished.
Article 1181- In conditional obligations, the
acquisition of rights (suspensive
condition) , as well as the
extinguishment or loss of those already

acquired (resolutory condition), shall

depend upon the happening of the event
which constitutes the condition.
Article 1182-When the fulfillment of the
condition depends upon the sole will of the
debtor, the conditional obligation shall be
void.If it depends upon a chance or upon the
will of a third person, the obligation shall
take effect in conformity with the provisions
of this code.
Classifications of Conditions:
(1)As to effect:
Suspensive
Resolutory
(2)As to form:
Express-clearly stated
Implied-merely inferred
(3)As to possibility:
Possible-capable of fulfillment
Impossible-not capable of fulfillment
(4)As to cause or origin:
Potestative- the condition depends
upon the will of one of the contracting
parties
Causal-the condition depends upon
chance or upon the will of a third
person
Mixed-the condition depends partly
upon chance and partly upon the will
of a third person
(5)As to mode:
Positive- consists in the performance
of an act
Negative- consists in the omission of
an act
(6)As to Numbers:
Conjunctive- there are several
conditions and all must be fulfilled
Disjunctive-there are several
conditions and only one or some of
them must be fulfilled
(7)As to Divisibility:
Divisible- susceptible of partial
performance
Indivisible-not susceptible of partial
performance
Potestative Condition- is
Suspensive in nature