SYLLABUS

Course Name : Succession

Number of Units : 4 units
Faculty : Atty. Karla A. Funtila-Abugan

Course Description: A study of the concepts and general principles of succession, kinds of
succession (testamentary, legal or intestate, and mixed succession), kinds of heirs, legitime and
collation, principles affecting the legitime (preterition, reserva troncal, reserva adoptiva,
disinheritance) and the freely disposable portion (institution and substitution of heirs),
principles common to testamentary and legal succession, as well as partition and distribution
of the estate of the decedent.

Course Outline

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES

A. Definition and concept of succession - Art. 712, 774, 1311 NCC

B. Kinds of Succession - Art. 778-780, 960 NCC in relation to Art. 84 of the FC and Art. 130,
752, 1347 NCC

C. Opening of Succession - Art. 777 NCC in relation to Art. 130, 132, 390-391, 533, 1347,
1461, 2253 and 2263 NCC and Art. 84, 86 of the FC

1. Uson v. Del Rosario, 92 Phil. 530

2. De Borja v. De Borja, 46 SCRA 577
3. Bonilla v. Barcena, 71 SCRA 491
4. Borromeo-Herrera v. Borromeo, 152 SCRA 171
5. Rioferio v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 129008

D. Subject and Object of Succession Art. 775-782, 887, 963-969, 1003, 1014, 1024-1057 NCC
in relation to Art. 1178, 1311, 1347, 1429 NCC

1. Cayetano v. Leonides, 129 SCRA 522

2. Parish Priest of Victoria v. Rigor, 89 SCRA 493
3. Reyes v. Court of Appeals, L-5260, July 31, 1954

E. Law governing form and content - Art. 16-17, 795, 810, 815-819, 2263 NCC

1. Enriquez v. Abadia, 50 O.G. 4185

2. Fleumer v. His, 54 Phil. 610
3. Dela Cerna v. Potot, 12 SCRA 576
4. Estate of Amos Bellis, 20 SCRA 358
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II. TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION

A. Concept of Wills; Testamentary Capacity and Intent; Notarial Wills Articles 783 to 809,
828, 839 (3) & (4), 930 of the Civil Code;

1. Dorotheo v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 108581, December 8, 1999

2. Suroza v. Honrado, 110 SCRA 388
3. Garcia v. Lacuesta, 90 Phil. 489
4. Matias v. Salud, L-10751, June 23, 1958
5. Nera v. Rimando, 18 Phil. 450
6. Icasiano v. Icasiano, 11 SCRA 422
7. Cruz v. Villasor, 54 SCRA 31
8. Javellana v. Ledesma, 97 Phil. 258
9. Caneda v. Court of Appeals, 222 SCRA 781
10. Ajero v. Court of Appeals, 236 SCRA 468
11. Garcia v. Vasquez, 32 SCRA 489

B. Holographic Wills; Incorporation of Document by Reference; Codicils; Revocation of

Wills and Testamentary Dispositions; Republication and Revival of Wills; Allowance
and Disallowance of Wills Articles 804, 810-813, 825-839, 1335, 1337-1338 of the Civil
Code

1. Casiano v. Court of Appeals, 158 SCRA 451

2. Molo v. Molo, 90 Phil. 37
3. Rodelas v. Aranza, 119 SCRA 16
4. Azaola v. Singson, 109 Phil. 102
5. Codoy v. Calugay, 312 SCRA 333
6. Roberts v. Leonides, 129 SCRA 33
7. Nepomuceno v. Court of Appeals, 139 SCRA 206
8. Nuguid v. Nuguid, L-23445, June 23, 1966

III.LEGITIME AND COLLATION

Legitime: Articles 872, 886-913 (exclude Art. 891), 1347 of the Civil Code; Article
39 of PD 603
Collation: Articles 914, 1061-1077

1. Rosales v. Rosales, 148 SCRA 69

2. Dizon-Rivera v. Dizon, 33 SCRA 554
3. De Roma v. Court of Appeals, 152 SCRA 205
4. Locsin v. Court of Appeals, 206 SCRA 383
5. Manongsong v. Estimo, 404 SCRA 683
6. Spouses Joaquin v. Court of Appeals, 416 SCRA 263
7. Arellano v. Pascual, 638 SCRA 826

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IV.PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE LEGITIME

A. Preterition Arts. 854-855, 906, 918

1. Reyes v. Barretto-Datu, 19 SCRA 85, January 25, 1967

2. Nuguid v. Nuguid, 17 SCRA 449
3. Acain v. Acain, October 27, 1987, G.R. No. 72706
4. Dy Yieng Seangio v. Reyes, November 27, 2006, G.R. No. 140371-72

B. Reserva Troncal Art. 891

1. Gonzales v. CFI, 104 SCRA 161, May 19, 1981

2. Chua v. CFI, 78 SCRA 406, August 31, 1977
3. Edroso v. Sablan, 25 Phil. 295
4. Sienes v. Esparcia, 111 Phil. 349 or 1 SCRA 750
5. Florentino v. Florentino, 40 Phil. 480
6. Cano v. Director of Lands, January 16, 1959, L-10701
7. Mendoza v. Delos Santos, March 20, 2013, G.R. No. 176422

C. Reserva/Reversion Adoptiva Art. 39, PD 603

1. Banawa v. Mirano, 97 SCRA 517

2. Teotico v. del Val, 13 SCRA 406
3. In Re: Adoption of Stephanie Garcia, 454 SCRA 54

D. Disinheritance Arts. 915-923

V. PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE FREELY DISPOSABLE PORTION

A. Institution of Heirs Arts. 840-856, in relation to Arts. 785-789

1. Austria v. Reyes, 31 SCRA 754

B. Kinds of Institution Arts. 777, 871-885, 1034 (par. 3), 1183

1. Vda. De Kilayko v. Tengco, 207 SCRA 600

C. Substitution of Heirs Arts. 857-870

1. Palacios v. Ramirez, 111 SCRA 704

2. Crisologo v. Singzon, 49 SCRA 491

D. Legacies and Devises Arts. 924-959

1. Fernandez v. Dimagiba, 21 SCRA 428

2. Belen v. BPI, L-14474, October 31, 1960

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VI.LEGAL OR INTESTATE SUCCESSION

Arts. 902-903, 960-962, 970-977, 982-1014

1. Rosales v. Rosales, 148 SCRA 69

2. Delos Santos v. Dela Cruz, 37 SCRA 555
3. Teotico v. Del Val, 13 SCRA 406
4. Diaz v. IAC, 150 SCRA 645
5. Delos Santos v. Ferraris-Borromeo, 14 SCRA 986
6. Corpuz v. Corpuz, 85 SCRA 567
7. Leonardo v. CA, 120 SCRA 890
8. Santillon v. Miranda, 14 SCRA 563
9. Bicomong v. Almanza, 80 SCRA 421
10. Bacayo v. Borromeo, 14 SCRA 986

VII.COMMON PROVISIONS

Right of Accretion - Arts. 1015-1023 NCC

Partition and Distribution of Estate - Arts. 1078-1105 NCC
Executors and Administrators - Arts. 1058-1060 NCC; Rule 86, Section 5 and Rule 87,
Section 1 of the Rules of Court

1. Alsua Betts v. Court of Appeals, July 30, 1979

2. Doromal v. Court of Appeals, September 2, 1975
3. Alonzo v. Intermediate Appellate Court, May 28, 1987
4. Bautista v. Grio-Aquino, 166 SCRA 760
5. Chavez v. Intermediate Appellate Court, November 8, 1990
6. Heirs of Ignacio Conti v. Court of Appeals, December 21, 1998
7. Romero v. Court of Appeals, April 18, 2012

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]Teaching Methods/Strategies

Class recitations will basically be employed to determine whether the student read and
understood the provisions of the law and the decisions of the Supreme Court. Quizzes,
announced or unannounced, will also be administered to check the comprehension and
analysis of the students. Lectures and visual aids may be used when applicable.

Grading:

Class Standing (Recitation, Quizzes, Digest) 30%

Midterm Examination 30%
Final Examination 40%