Practice question
A claimant cannot prove which of two persons called to succeed each other died first. It argues 43's no-transmission rule means every other heir of both deceased persons loses any independent claim too. Which is correct?
- The rule concerns transmission from one deceased person to the other, not automatic disqualification of all independent heirs.
- Every heir everywhere is disqualified by the simultaneous-death presumption.
- The claimant automatically takes both estates.
- The government necessarily receives all property without further analysis.
- All existing wills become blank paper.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles13-17 and37-46: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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