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Conditional Obligations
Conditional Obligations
Pedro promised to give his grandson a car if the latter will pass the bar examinations. When his
grandson passed the said examinations, Pedro refused to give the car on the ground that the
condition was a purely potestative one. Is he correct or not?
SUGGESTED ANSWER:
No, he is not correct. First of all, the condition is not purely potestative, because it does not
depend on the sole will of one of the parties. Secondly, even if it were, it would be valid because
it depends on the sole will of the creditor (the donee) and not of the debtor (the donor).