Civil Code Art. 1078: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1078
Topic: Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Year: 1949

The provision

Where there are two or more heirs, the whole estate of the decedent is, before its partition, owned in common by such heirs, subject to the payment of debts of the deceased. (n)

Cases applying this article

Irene Benedicto v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 81344

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