Practice question
A beneficiary has received nothing under a formally void will and sues solely on Article 1430 to compel an intestate heir to make the legacy payment. No independent enforceable undertaking is established. Which is correct?
- Article 1430 protects the qualifying completed payment; it does not itself create a civil action compelling the unperformed natural obligation
- Every void will remains civilly enforceable
- The beneficiary may seize any heir’s bank account
- The statute eliminates the difference between civil and natural obligations
- Formal invalidity gives every beneficiary unlimited damages
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1209-1210,1223-1230,1238-1243,1266-1268 and1423-1430: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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