PAtente Vs Omega Digest
PAtente Vs Omega Digest
PAtente Vs Omega Digest
FACTS: OMEGA sold his agricultural land to PATENTE, under a pacto de retro sale. OMEGA executed a
promissory note promising to pay his indebtedness amounting to 1,600 pesos , to her, her heirs,
assigns and successors as soon as possible or as soon as he has the money. That, he will pay the whole
amount before he exercises his right of repurchase of his agricultural land. On the promissory note,
no definite term is fixed, its performance appearing to be at the will of the debtor.
ISSUE: If the term of payment of ‘as soon as possible or as soon as I have money’ set by the debtor is
invalid condition.
HELD: Yes. Where the potestative condition of an obligation depends solely upon the will of the
debtor, the condition obligation shall be void. The remedy of the creditor in such a case is to go to
court to ask for fixing the term of payment.