Practice question
A valid purely potestative condition was already fulfilled and cannot be performed again. The executor demands impossible repetition solely because the heir has now learned of the testator’s death. What does Article 876 provide?
- Every condition must be repeated infinitely
- Prior fulfillment never counts
- The executor may create a new condition
- The prompt-fulfillment rule excepts a condition already complied with that cannot be fulfilled again
- The whole will is automatically void
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 876-885,889-901,919-921,934-940 and970-977: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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