PROPERTY

(Sat 2-6 pm)

ATTY. CHAVEZ

QUIZ # 2

Instructions:

1. Answers shall be typewritten, email to propertyudmanila20202021@gmail.com (same e-

mail address as in your first quiz)
2. As leeway, you have until tomorrow morning, 10:00am sharp to submit your answers.
3. Trust system: no looking at references or asking your classmates: This is a mandated
individual activity; hindi ako niloloko ninyo, kung hindi mga sarili ninyo
4. Assignment for next meeting (Nov 06, 2020): From Articles 502 (Waters) to 612 (Usufruct)
– Waters, whole of Possession, whole of Usufruct

I. Distinguish Acts of Alteration from Acts of Administration (20%)

II. Three of four brothers, the sole heirs of their deceased parents, agreed to
convert a rice field in the estate into a subdivision and spend the money,
also left by their parents, for developing the subdivision. The fourth son
disagreed and brought a suit to enjoin his brothers from proceeding with
the subdivision and spending the money they inherited to its development.
Will the action prosper? Explain why or why not. (20%)

III. How do you determine the majority of the co-owners, and what is the effect
if a co-owner desires to make an improvement on the property, but he
cannot secure the consent of the majority? (20%)

IV. H died in 1958, survived by his widow, W, and several legitimate children.
During their marriage, the two (2) acquired several parcels of land which
they registered as conjugal properties. After H’s death, W mortgaged all
of her rights in such properties in favor of X. When the latter tried to
register the mortgage, the Register of Deeds refused on the ground that
W’s rights were merely inchoate there being no previous liquidation of the
conjugal properties. Is this refusal in accordance with law? Explain.
(20%)

V. What are the limitations upon the right of a co-owner to use the thing
owned in common? (20%)