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2014-11-26 |
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J. |
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| The cause of action supplied by the above article, however, is clearly predicated upon the reciprocity of the obligations of the injured party and the guilty party. Reciprocal obligations are those which arise from the same cause, and in which each party is a debtor and a creditor of the other, such that the obligation of one is dependent upon the obligation of the other. They are to be performed simultaneously such that the performance of one is conditioned upon the simultaneous fulfillment of the other.[42] When Nuguid failed to deliver the agreed amount to Chiok, the latter had a cause of action against Nuguid to ask for the rescission of their contract. On the other hand, Chiok did not have a cause of action against Metrobank and Global Bank that would allow him to rescind the contracts of sale of the manager's or cashier's checks, which would have resulted in the crediting of the amounts thereof back to his accounts. | |||||
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2013-04-10 |
BERSAMIN, J. |
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| It is notable that the confusion on the amounts of compensation arose from the parties' inability to agree on the fees that respondents should receive. Considering the absence of an agreement, and in view of respondents' constructive fulfillment of their obligation, the Court has to apply the principle of quantum meruit in determining how much was still due and owing to respondents. Under the principle of quantum meruit, a contractor is allowed to recover the reasonable value of the services rendered despite the lack of a written contract.[51] The measure of recovery under the principle should relate to the reasonable value of the services performed.[52] The principle prevents undue enrichment based on the equitable postulate that it is unjust for a person to retain any benefit without paying for it. Being predicated on equity, the principle should only be applied if no express contract was entered into, and no specific statutory provision was applicable.[53] | |||||
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2012-10-15 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| What's more, in Heirs of Ramon Gaite v. The Plaza, Inc.,[10] this Court held that "under the principle of quantum meruit, a contractor is allowed to recover the reasonable value of the thing or service rendered in order to avoid unjust enrichment. Quantum meruit means that in an action for work and labor, payment shall be made in such amount as the plaintiff reasonably deserves. To deny payment for a building almost completed and already occupied would be to permit unjust enrichment at the expense of the contractor." | |||||