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Facts: A landowner engages a private 'Title Compliance Service' to obtain a 'Certificate of Title Compliance' required to finalize a land-title transfer. The service asserts that the certificate is mandated by a government regulation and charges PHP 520,000. The landowner pays in good faith. After the transfer, the landowner learns that no such regulation exists and that the service has retained the money. The landowner sues to recover the amount on the theory of solutio indebiti grounded on mistake of law. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine and its essential elements. (b) Is a mistake of law a valid basis for recovery under solutio indebiti, and how does this differ from a mistake of fact? (c) Apply to the facts: should the landowner be allowed to recover from the service, and what defenses might the service raise?

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Recovery under solutio indebiti requires only that the payer acted in good faith; the specific belief (fact or law) is immaterial if there was no obligation on the recipient to demand payment. The landowner should recover the full amount paid, since the service’s misrepresentation about a regulatory requirement constitutes unjust enrichment and justifies restitution under solutio indebiti. Mistake of law is not a valid basis for recovery under solutio indebiti; recovery is grounded on mistake of fact; essential elements include (i) payment to a person who had no legal obligation to demand or receive it; (ii) payment made under a mistaken belief about the existence of a debt; (iii) lack of any legal obligation; (iv) enrichment of the recipient; (v) action brought within the prescriptive period. A defense is that the service performed valuable work in attempting to secure the certificate, so the landowner cannot recover any amount; the mere misstatement of law does not produce a return obligation.

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