Article 1157 at the Civil Code enumerates the different sources of obligation. This enumeration is exclusive.

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• To secure the payment of his obligation, A pledged to his surety C, his car who sold the car after paying the obligation of A. The obligation was P2M but the car was sold for only P1M. Can the surety recover the deficiency?
• In 1986, A, a married woman file a petition for adoption of C which was granted. In 2011, A filed a petition to rescind or nullify the decree invoking Article 185 of the Family Code requiring that the husband and wife must jointly adopt and the retroactive provision of the Family Code under Article 256. How do you think the court will decide?
• Debtor owes Creditor P500,000. The debt is secured by a chattel mortgage on Debtor’s car. On the due date of the obligation, Creditor is paid by Third Person who has no interest in the obligation either as guarantor or surety. There is likewise no stipulation as to Third Person’s right to pay.
• Debtor owes Creditor P20, 000. On the due date of the obligation, Debtor could not pay. Debtor instead offered his TV set worth P20,000 in payment of the obligation. Creditor agrees.
• Jose is under obligation to deliver to Pedro, at the option of Jose, a car, a pick-up truck, or a van, all of which are specific. No. 1 - If the car and the pick-up truck were lost through Jose’s fault, he has no choice but to deliver the van; If the van was lost through a fortuitous event before delivery, the obligation is extinguished and Jose is not liable. No. 2 - If the pick-up truck and the car were lost through a fortuitous event, Jose has no choice but to deliver the van; if before delivery, the van was lost because of Jose’s fault, he is liable.
• In an obligation to do or to render service, the oblique may impose personal force or coercion to compel the obligor to comply with his obligation.
• An obligation in a contract which arises upon the death of one of the parties is classified as conditional obligation.
• A is indebted to ABC Corporation in the amount of P100M. Despite efforts to collect from A, the latter failed to pay due to business reverses as he has no more assets. In order to maintain a more accurate inventory of the worth of its current assets, ABC Corp. was forced to write-off A’s obligation. One (1) year later, A won the lotto draw in the US in the amount of $100M. Learning of the good luck of A, it demanded for payment, but A refused to pay contending that his obligation was extinguished when it was written-off. Is A correct?
• In the enumeration below, which is not a ground to dismiss an action for legal separation under the law?
• Of the enumeration below, which is not a limitation of fideicommissary substitution?