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PCIB Vs Escolin
PCIB Vs Escolin
WON Action is prescribed? NO. both PCIB and Magno should administer
NO. 33 appeals were timely made a. It was Charles' fault why no administration of estate
-Court did not pass upon its timeliness yet
b. Admin should both be
WON Certiorari and Prohibition is proper? impartial
YES. Appeal insufficient remedy extent of interest
-many appeals, same facts, same issues = multiplicity of suits c. Executor (PCIB) of Executor (Charles, over Linney's)
Can't administer estate of decedent (Linney) _ R78.6
WON THERE IS STILL A RESIDUE FOR MRS. HODGES' d. Liquidation of conjugal partnership may be done in
HEIRS? either spouse's probate proceedings - R73.2
YES.
SUCCESSION: WON THERE'S SUBSTITUTION? None
1. WON SPECIAL PROCEEDING FOR SETTLEMENT OF MRS. 1. No simple or vulgar substitution (A859, NCC)
HODGES ESTATE SHOULD ALREADY BE CLOSED, BASED ON no provision for:
THE DECEMBER 1957 COURT ORDER ALLEGEDLY i. Predecease of T for designated heir
ADJUDICATING MR. HODGES AS SOLE HEIR? NO ii. Refusal
….no final distribution to all parties concerned of the estate iii. Incapacity of designated heir to
accept inheritance
2. R90.1 (on RESIDUE): 2. No fideicomissary substitution
…after residue assigned to parties entitled to it, S.P. deemed no obligation on Charles to preserve the
ready for FINAL CLOSURE: estate
1. Order issued for distribution/assignment of estate 3. There's simultaneous institution of heirs subject to
among those entitled resolutory condition of Charles' death
2. Debts Charles was to enjoy the whole estate
Funeral expenses but he can't dispose of property mortis
Expenses of administration causa (because it's already subject to the
Widow allowance will made by his wife, which he agreed in
Taxes the provision of his will)
Etc. 4. Charles didn't get mere usufruct: he exercises full
…should be paid already ownership
3. Motion of party requesting the same (not motu proprio) PRIL: WON RP LAW GOVERNS LEGITIME OF CHARLES?
Would include distribution of residue of estate No answer yet. Remanded
-Here:
a. No final distribution of residue of Linney's estate Art 16, NCC > applies: law of nationality
b. No special application made by charles/PCIB
c. Merely allowed advance or partial If we apply Texas PRIL law:
payments/implementation of will before final Personal property: law of domicile
liquidation Real property: law of situs (both in RP)
IF Art16 applies, then Texas law should govern; Texas law whether or not it can be held that Hodges had legally and
provides no legitime effectively renounced his inheritance from his wife. Under the
circumstances presently obtaining and in the state of the
So renvoi to RP: RP Law provides that the Surviving Spouse, record of these cases, as of now, the Court is not in a position
being the sole heir, to make a final ruling, whether of fact or of law, on any of
gets 1/2 o the conjugal property, then 1/2 goes to the estate these two issues, and We, therefore, reserve said issues for
of the spouse. If 1/2 of the estate of the spouse goes to the further proceedings and resolution in the first instance by the
surviving spouse which is the sole heir, then Charles gets 1/4 court o quo, as hereinabove indicated. We reiterate, however,
of the whole conjugal property. that pending such further proceedings, as matters stand at
this stage, Our considered opinion is that it is beyond cavil
Court said that Texas law may apply, but since not proven that since, under the terms of the will of Mrs. Hodges, her
as… husband could not have anyway legally adjudicated or caused
Courts can't take JN to be adjudicated to himself her whole share of their conjugal
should show foreign law: partnership, albeit he could have disposed any part thereof
o As certified by person holding/having during his lifetime, the resulting estate of Mrs. Hodges, of
custody of such law which Magno is the uncontested administratrix, cannot be less
o Certificate that such officer does have than one-fourth of the conjugal partnership properties, as of
custody over said law the time of her death, minus what, as explained earlier, have
o Aznar can't be used to show what Texas law been gratuitously disposed of therefrom, by Hodges in favor of
may contain, as there's a time difference third persons since then, for even if it were assumed that, as
between this case and that case, thus the contended by PCIB, under Article 16 of the Civil Code and
Texas law might have changed in between applying renvoi the laws of the Philippines are the ones
the rulings ultimately applicable, such one-fourth share would be her free
disposable portion, taking into account already the legitime of
BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS, PCIB can't claim that the estate of her husband under Article 900 of the Civil Code.
Linney is not entitled to at least 1/4 of conjugal property, they
having argued that it is so.
NOTES:
1. will executed in Texas - Oklahoma
2. Charles made executor by Linney, but Charles had no
executor - so administrator dapat
3. as regards foreign laws:
Should be proved as a fact
R132 on Public documents
SIR: Dapat use an expert witness
Prove in accordance w/RP law
FACTS:
Linnie Jane Hodges died giving her testamentary provisions to
her husband. At the time of her death, she was citizen of
Texas but, was, however domiciled in the Philippines. To see
whether the testamentary provisions are valid, it is apparent
and necessary to know what law should be applied.
ISSUE:
Whether or not laws of Texas is applicable.
RULING:
It is necessary that the Texas law be ascertained. Here it must
be proven whether a renvoi will happen or whether Texas law
makes the testamentary provisions valid. In line with Texas
law, that which should be proven is the law enforced during
the death of Hodges and not in any other time.