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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 1906 > April 1906 Decisions > G.R. No. 2386 April 16, 1906 - MIGUEL FUENTES v. JUANA CANON Y FAUSTINO

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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. L-2386. April 16, 1906. ]

MIGUEL FUENTES, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JUANA CANON Y FAUSTINO, ET AL., Defendant-Appellant.

Ramon Salinas, for Appellants.

Aguedo Velarde, for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. LEGACY; "LEGADO MODAL." — A legacy to A. of 3,000 pesos with directions to purchase lands, to certain one-third of such lands and to deliver the other two-thirds to B. and C., is not a legado modal as that term is defined in law 21, title 9, partida 6.

2. ID.; INTEREST. — A judicial demand having been made on the heirs of the testatrix in 1893, for the delivery of the legacy, interest thereon commenced from the date of such demand.

3. ID.; HEIRS; RESPONSIBILITY. — The liability of the heirs who have received the inheritance of the testator to pay this legacy is pro rata (mancomunada), and is in proportion to the interest which each has in the inheritance.


D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J. :


The twentieth clause of the will of Josefa Faustino y Mendoza, who died on the 1st day of April, 1887, is as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"Vigesima. — Mando se entreguen a los conyuges Don Miguel de la Fuente y Doña Potenciana Medrano tres mil pesos para invertirlos en compra de buenos terrenos de labor quedandose con una tercera parte y repartiendo las dos restantes la una a la viuda e hijo de Don Eriberto de la Fuente y la otra a los hijos y herederos de Don Honorio de la Fuente."cralaw virtua1aw library

The plaintiffs herein, Miguel de la Fuente and Potenciana Medrano, brought this action against the twenty heirs of Josefa to recover the 3,000 pesos mentioned in this legacy. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs in the court below. Defendants excepted to the judgment, and have brought the case here by bill of exceptions. No motion for a new trial was made in the court below.

The first claim of the appellants is that the plaintiffs are required to give a bond before they are entitled to the delivery of the 3,000 pesos, the legacy here in question being defined in law 21, title 9, partida 6, and known as a legado modal. There is nothing in this claim. As far as the heirs of the testatrix are concerned, there is no condition whatever attached to the legacy. With the rights of the beneficiaries mentioned in the said twentieth clause the defendants in this case have nothing to do. As to them there was an absolute gift of 3,000 pesos, and the plaintiffs have the right to receive that from the heirs, and they are under no obligation to give security to the heirs before the money is paid.

The court below ordered judgment against the defendants for 3,000 pesos and interest from January 1, 1894. The appellants claim that this was error. It was proved that in November, 1893, the plaintiffs commenced an action against the heirs of the testatrix to recover this legacy. For some reason that case was not brought to trial. It, however, amounted to a judicial demand for the payment of the money, and the interest commenced to run from that date.

The case shows that upon the death of Josefa her property was divided among two nephews and a niece. One of the nephews afterwards died, and his property was divided among heirs of two other nephews who had died before Josefa and the nephew and niece who had survived her. The court ordered judgment against the twenty defendants for the payment of 3,000 pesos and interest, without any statement as to how much each defendant was to pay. The judgment as it stands must be construed as imposing an equal pro rata liability, and for this reason we think it is erroneous. The liability imposed upon the heirs to pay this legacy is pro rata (mancomunada) and in proportion to the amount of the estate to which each one was entitled. The judgment of the court below is modified, and judgment is rendered against the defendants for the following amounts, to wit: Maria Josefa Canon Faustino, 1,250 pesos; Cipriana Pilar Faustino, Lazaro Faustino, Filomena Faustino, and Francisco Faustino, 62.50 pesos each; Emerenciano Faustino, Jose Faustino, Exequiel Faustino, Trinidad Faustino, Pedro Faustino, Jose Faustino, and Manuel Faustino, 35.71 pesos each; Juana Canon Faustino, Fernanda Canon Faustino, Marciana Canon Faustino, and Fernando Canon Faustino, 250 pesos each; Concepcion Suarez y Canon Faustino, Alfredo Suarez y Canon Faustino, Adolfo Suarez y Canon Faustino, and Alfonso Suarez y Canon Faustino, 62.50 pesos each.

Judgment is also rendered against each one of the defendants for interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from the 1st day of January, 1894, on the sum for which judgment is herein entered as above set forth. With this modification the judgment of the court below is affirmed. No costs will be allowed to either party in this court. After the expiration of twenty days let final judgment be entered herewith and ten days thereafter let the case be remanded to the court below for proper procedure. So ordered.

Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa, Johnson, and Carson, JJ., concur.




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