Article 1424
RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision
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When a right to sue upon a civil obligation has lapsed by extinctive prescription, the debtor who voluntarily performs the contract cannot recover what he has delivered or the value of the service he has rendered.
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