Civil Code Art. 1445: Express Trusts

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1445
Topic: Express Trusts
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE V TRUSTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Express Trusts
Year: 1949

The provision

No trust shall fail because the trustee appointed declines the designation, unless the contrary should appear in the instrument constituting the trust.

Cases applying this article

Francisco Irureta Goyena v. Ildefonso Tambunting G.R. No. 956

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