Civil Code Art. 1451: Implied Trusts

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1451
Topic: Implied Trusts
Status: In force
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE V TRUSTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Implied Trusts
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

When land passes by succession to any person and he causes the legal title to be put in the name of another, a trust is established by implication of law for the benefit of the true owner.

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

When a person inherits land but arranges for the legal title to be registered in someone else's name, the law automatically creates a trust. The named titleholder holds the property only for the benefit of the true owner, who keeps the real ownership despite the paper title.

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Cases applying this article

Francisco Irureta Goyena v. Ildefonso Tambunting G.R. No. 956
Nelson Nufable v. Generosa Nufable G.R. No. 126950
Francisco Gutierrez Repide v. Ivar O. Afzelius G.R. No. 13438
Jose Mas v. Timoteo Lanuza G.R. No. 2058
Spouses Primo Inalvez v. Bayang Nool G.R. No. 188145

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1450 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1452 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1453 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1448 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1454 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1447 Implied Trusts
Civil Code, Art. 1455 Implied Trusts

Civil Code, Art. 1451 is found in CHAPTER 3 Implied Trusts of TITLE V TRUSTS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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