Conflicts of Laws

Topic: Succession/Property
Atty. Cecile Layug
Leader: Tan, Charles Jason
Members:
Alfar, Shaneen Ray
Batocail, Hazel Joy
Closas, Robert
Pulvera, Seymour
Tinsay, Jeorgia Marie
Torayno, Marc Van Andrew
Villones, Hanzel
Yap, Roselle
July 23, 2016

I. Introduction
1. General Provisions
a. Private International Law
b. Functions of Conflict of Law Rules
c. Resolution of Conflicts of Laws
c.1 Jurisdiction
c.2 Choice of Law
c.3 Enforcement and Recognintion of
Judgement
2. Definition of Terms
a. Real Property

m. Lex Non Scripta

b. Personal Property
c. Lex Domicilli
d. Lex Fori
e. Lex Loci Contractus
f. Lex Loci Rei Sitae
g. Lex Situs
h. Lex Loci Actus
i. Lex Loci Celebrationis
j. Lex Loci Solutionis
k. Lex Loci Delicti Comissi
l. Lex Mercatoria

n. Lex Patriae
o. Depecage
p. Renvoi Doctrine
q. Double Renvoi
s. Desistment
t. Foreign Court Theory
u. Nationality Theory
v. Domiciliary Theory
w. Long Arm Statutes
x. Eclectic Theory

II. Rules Common to Real and Personal Property

1. General Rule: Lex Rei Sitae (Art. 16, Civil Code)
a. Swank v Hufnagle 111 IND 453
b. Laurel v Garcia 189 SCRA 797
2. Exceptions
a. Succession rights to real property (Art. 16 par. 2, Civil
Code)
- In the matter of the testate estate of Edward E.
Christensen G.R. No. L-16749
- Alonzo Q. Acheta vs Ynares- Satiago et. al G.R. No.
139868
b. Capacity to succeed (Art. 1039)
- Testate Estate of Amos G. Bellis vs Edward A . Belis,
et.al G.R. No. L-23678
c. Contracts involving real property which do not deal
with the title thereto

- Liljedahl v Glassgow 100 iowa 807

- Irving Trust Co v Maryland Casualty Co. 83 f. 2d 168
d. In contracts where real property is given by way of
security
III. Rules Special for Personal Property
1. Tangible Personal Property/Choses in Possession
A. Sale or Mortgage of Vessels/ Ships:
- ART 416 (4) NCC; ART 585 Code of Commerce
- Crescent Petroleum,Ltd. Vs M/V Lok Maheshwari,
The Shipping Corporation of India, and Portserv
Limited and/or Transmar Shipping, Inc. G.R. No.
155014

B. Things in transitu
a. Loss, destruction, deterioration
- Lu Do & Lu Ym Corporation v Binarama GR No. L9840 April 22, 1957
- Domingo Ang v American Streamship Agencies Inc GR
no. L-22491 January 27, 1967
b. Validity and effect of seizure of goods
- Vincent and Pullar Ltd v Commissioner for Customs
and Excise 1956 (1) SA 51(N)
c. Disposition or alienation of goods
- Cammel v Sewell 3 H & N 617
2. Rules for intangible personal property / Choses in action

a. Recovery of debts
- Harris v Balk 198 US 215
b. Validity of voluntary assignment of debt
- Lee v. Abdy (1886) 17 QBD 309 400
- Republica de Guatemala v. Nunez (1927) 1 KB 669
c. Taxation of debts
- 43 Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. Minnesota (1930) 280
U. S. 204; Note (1931)
- Blackstone v. Miller (1903) 188 U. S. 189. intangibles
susceptible to inheritance tax
- Kirtland v. Hotchkiss, 100 U.S. 491 (1879)
d. Administration of debts
- Vimont v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. (1885) 69 Iowa 296,
22 N. W. 906.
- In re Maudslay, Sons & Field [1900]
- Blake v. McClung (1898) 172 U. S. 239
e. Negotiability of a bill of exchange
- Hague convention. Article 2
- Scudder v. The Union National Bank (1875) 91 U. S.
406, 23 L. Ed. 245.
- Hall v. Cordell. (1891) 142 U. S. 116, 12 S. C. R. 154,
35 L. Ed. 956 (Parol evidence with regards to bills)
- Fant v. Miller, (1866) 17 Gratt. (Va.) 47; (Intention test)
- Lambert v. Jones, (1856) 2 Patten & H. (Va.) 144.
(Effect of non-stamped paper for revenue purposes)

f. Validity of transfer, delivery, or negotiation of

instrument
- United States v. Guaranty Trust Co., 55 Sup. Ct. 221
(1934)
- Spears vs.Wilson Sewing Machine Co., 50 Mich. 535, i
N.W. 894 (1883)
g. Effect on a corporation of the sale of corporate shares
- Monserrat v Ceron 58 phil 261
- CIR V California National Bank 106 Phil 903
- Tayag vs Benguet Consolidated Inc. G.R. No. L-23145
(Situs of Shares of Stock)
h. Effect between parties of the sale of a corporate share
- M/S Bremen Zapata Off-Shore Co. 407 US 1, 15 (1972)
i. Taxation on the dividends of corporate shares
- Wells Fargo v CIR 70 PHIL 325
j. Taxation on the income from the sale of corporate
shares
- Stanford vs San Francisco (1900) 131 Cal 34 63 pac
145 (State of the owner of the stock may impose Estate
Tax)
- Canfield vs County of LA (1910) 157 Cal 617, 108 Pac
705 (State creating the corporation may also tax its
stock)
k. Franchises

- LLC v. Superior Court, 189 Cal.App.4th 500 (2010)

l. Goodwill
- Menendez v Holt 128 US 514
m. Patents, Copyright, trademarks, trade names
- Philips Export BV V CA 206 SCRA 457
- Emerald Manufacturing v CA 251 SCRA 600

IV. Rules on Succession

1. Introduction
a. Testate vs Intestate Succession
2. Governing Laws
a. If the Testator is a Filipino
a.1 Executed in the Philippines: Philippine Law
a.2 Executed in foreign Country :
i. Lex Nationali
ii. Lex Loci Celebrationis ( Art. 817 of the Civil
Code)
b. If the Testator is an Alien
b.1 Executed in the Philippines
i. Lex Nationali
ii. Lex loci celebrationis (Art. 815 of the Civil
Code)
b.2 Executed Abroad
i. Lex Loci Nationali
ii. Lex Domicilli
iii. Philippine Law
iv. Lex Loci Celebrationis (Art.17(1))

3. Extrinsic Validity vs Intrinsic Validity of Wills

- Gibbs v Government; Philippine Trust Co v Bohanan L12105, January 30, 1960
- Miciano v Brimo 50 Phil 867
- Bellis v Bellis L-23678, June 6, 1967
- Cayetano v Leonidas 129 SCRA 522, 1984
4. Revocation of Wills
- Sternberg v. ST. Louis Union Trust CO., 163 F.2D 714
(8TH CIR.), cert. denied, 332 U.S. 843 (1947).
- In re Barries Estate, 73 N.E.2d 654 (Ill. 1947).
5. Probate of Wills
- VDA De Perez vs Tolete G.R. No. 76714
6. Executors and Administrators
- Gonzales vs. Aguinaldo, 190 SCRA 112, 1990
- Ventura vs. Ventura, 160 SCRA 180, 1988
- De Guzman vs. Angeles, 162 SCRA 347, 1988