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a) Arturo borrowed P500.000.00 from his father. After he had paid P300.000.00. his father died. When the administrator of his father's estate requested payment of the balance of P200.00O.OO, Arturo replied that the same had been condoned by his father as evidenced by a notation at the back of his check payment for the P300,000.00 reading: "In full payment of the loan". Will this be a valid defense in an action for collection? |3%)