If a person obliged to do something fails to do it, the same shall be executed at his cost.
This same rule shall be observed if he does it in contravention of the tenor of the obligation. Furthermore, it may be decreed that what has been poorly done be undone. (1098)
Kapag ang tao ay obligado na gumawa ng isang bagay ngunit hindi nya ito nagawa, ito ay maipapataw sa kanya.
Itong panuntunan na ito ay dapat obserbahan kapag ito ay ginawa nya na kontra sa tenor ng obligasyon. Ito ay masasaad na kung ano ang napabayaang gawin ay hindi na dapat gawin.
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- the obligor failed to fulfill a positive personal obligation, that is, “to do” something;
- he fulfilled the obligation but in contravention of the agreement; and
- there was fulfillment but the same is poor or inadequate.
Case Illustration: Chavez vs. Gonzales
Obligations and Contracts 