Civil Code Art. 1091: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1091
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
Formerly: Art. 1068 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

A partition legally made confers upon each heir the exclusive ownership of the property adjudicated to him. (1068)

Cases applying this article

Tranquilino Rubis v. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes G.R. No. 46686
Geronimo Santiago, Jr. v. Fabian R. Millar G.R. No. 45993
Heirs of Arturo Reyes v. Elena Socco-Beltran G.R. No. 176474

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