Practice question
Before any letters testamentary or administration are granted, a person embezzles effects of the deceased. The later-appointed administrator sues for the estate's benefit under Section 8. What measure does that provision specify?
- Only the cost of one demand letter.
- No recovery because letters had not yet issued.
- Only a public apology.
- Double the value of the property sold, embezzled or alienated in the stated circumstances.
- A fixed one-peso award regardless of the property.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/rc/rc_72-109_proceedings.html — Rule 87, Sections 1–2 and 4–8.
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