Page 304 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 1208. If from the law, or the nature or

the wording of the obligations to which the

preceding Article refers the contrary does not

appear, the credit or debt shall be presumed to

be divided into as many shares as there are

creditors or debtors, the credits or debts being

considered distinct from one another, subject

to the Rules of Court governing the multiplicity

of suits. (1138a)

Article 1209. If the division is impossible, the

right of the creditors may be prejudiced only by

their collective acts, and the debt can be

enforced only by proceeding against all the

debtors. If one of the latter should be insolvent,

the others shall not be liable for his share.

(1139)