Civil Code Art. 1005: Legal or Intestate

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1005
Topic: Legal or Intestate Succession
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Legal or Intestate Succession
Formerly: Art. 948 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Should brothers and sisters survive together with nephews and nieces, who are the children of the descendant's brothers and sisters of the full blood, the former shall inherit per capita, and the latter per stirpes. (948)

Cases applying this article

Nieves Navarro v. Zenaida Cayabyab Harris G.R. No. 228854

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