Civil Code Art. 1096: Provisions Common

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1096
Topic: Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Status: In force
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. 1070a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: A Supreme Court decision

The provision

The obligation of warranty among co-heirs shall cease in the following cases: (1) When the testator himself has made the partition, unless it appears, or it may be reasonably presumed, that his intention was otherwise, but the legitime shall always remain unimpaired; (2) When it has been so expressly stipulated in the agreement of partition, unless there has been bad faith; (3) When the eviction is due to a cause subsequent to the partition, or has been caused by the fault of the distributee of the property. (1070a)

Cases applying this article

Maria Gonzalez v. Simeon Blas G.R. No. 1477

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1094 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
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Civil Code, Art. 1100 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1091 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1101 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1090 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1103 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions

Civil Code, Art. 1096 is found in CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions of TITLE IV SUCCESSION of BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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