Art. 1762.  Examples of circumstances giving rise to a natural obligation

Examples of circumstances giving rise to a natural obligation are:

(1)  When a civil obligation has been extinguished by prescription or discharged in bankruptcy.

(2)  When an obligation has been incurred by a person who, although endowed with discernment, lacks legal capacity.

(3)  When the universal successors are not bound by a civil obligation to execute the donations and other dispositions made by a deceased person that are null for want of form.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.