Civil Code Art. 1430: NATURAL OBLIGATIONS

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1430
Topic: NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Year: 1949

The provision

When a will is declared void because it has not been executed in accordance with the formalities required by law, but one of the intestate heirs, after the settlement of the debts of the deceased, pays a legacy in compliance with a clause in the defective will, the payment is effective and irrevocable.

Cases applying this article

Eliseo Santos v. Pablo Bartolome G.R. No. 18032

Related provisions

Civil Code, Art. 1428 NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
Civil Code, Art. 1423 NATURAL OBLIGATIONS

Civil Code, Art. 1430 is found in TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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