Practice question
Three persons are called to an undivided testamentary portion in proportions of two units, one unit and one unit. The last person’s share validly accrues to the other two, with no substitution or competing rule. How is that vacant share divided between the remaining two?
- Equally despite the original proportions
- All to the older beneficiary
- All to the person administering the estate
- In the same two-to-one proportion in which the remaining beneficiaries inherit
- By a private lottery chosen by the executor
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 1019: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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