1069. An obligation becomes extinct:
By payment;
By novation;
By release;
By set-off;
By confusion;
When its performance becomes impossible;
By judgment of nullification or rescission;
By the effect of the resolutive condition, which has been explained in the preceding and introductory Chapter;
By prescription;
By the expiration of the time prescribed by law or by the parties for its duration;
By the death of the debtor or creditor in certain cases;
By special causes applicable to particular contracts which are explained under their respective heads.