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G.R. No. L-3216 January 26, 1907 - PASCUALA PRADO v. JUAN LAGERA
007 Phil 396:
007 Phil 396:
FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. L-3216. January 26, 1907. ]
PASCUALA PRADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JUAN LAGERA, Defendant-Appellee.
M. G. Gavieres, for Appellant.
Kitchens & Moran, for Appellee.
SYLLABUS
1. CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP; DISSOLUTION; LIQUIDATION. — Alfonso v. Natividad (6 Phil. Rep., 240) followed to the point that where a conjugal partnership is dissolved by the death of the husband its affairs must be liquidated in the proceedings for the settlement of his estate.
2. ID.; ID.; ID.; INVENTORY. — The inventory to be formed for the purpose of liquidating a conjugal partnership should include the bienes parafernales of the widow.
3. ID.; ID.; ID.; ACTION AGAINST ADMINISTRATOR; PARAPHERNAL PROPERTY. — Where the affairs of a conjugal partnership dissolved by the death of the husband are in process of liquidation in the proceeding for the settlement of his estate, the widow can not maintain an action against his administrator for the purpose of recovering either her part of the conjugal property or her bienes parafernales.
2. ID.; ID.; ID.; INVENTORY. — The inventory to be formed for the purpose of liquidating a conjugal partnership should include the bienes parafernales of the widow.
3. ID.; ID.; ID.; ACTION AGAINST ADMINISTRATOR; PARAPHERNAL PROPERTY. — Where the affairs of a conjugal partnership dissolved by the death of the husband are in process of liquidation in the proceeding for the settlement of his estate, the widow can not maintain an action against his administrator for the purpose of recovering either her part of the conjugal property or her bienes parafernales.
D E C I S I O N
WILLARD, J. :
The plaintiff brought this action against the judicial administrator of Juan Sangalang to recover the possession of certain real and personal property of which she claimed to be the executor owner. It appears from the complaint that she is the widow of the deceased Sangalang.
A demurrer to the complaint was sustained on the ground that the property of the deceased was in process of administration and liquidation in accordance with the provisions of the present Code of Civil Procedure, and this action, therefore, could not be maintained.
It does not appear from the complaint distinctly whether the property in question is a part of the conjugal property or whether it is a part of the bienes parafernales of the plaintiff, but it makes no difference to which one of these two classes it belongs. We have held in the case of Alfonso v. Natividad 1 (4 Off. Gaz., 461) that when a conjugal partnership is dissolved by the death of the husband the inventory which is mentioned in article 1418 of the Civil Code should be made and the partnership affairs settled in the Court of First Instance which takes jurisdiction of the settlement of his estate, and in the same proceeding. That this inventory should include the bienes parafernales of the wife and the capital of both spouses appears very plainly from the provisions of articles 1421, 1422, and 1423 of the Civil Code. The affairs of the conjugal partnership being in process of liquidation in another proceeding, this action can not be maintained. The judgment of the court below is affirmed, with the costs of this instance against the Appellant.
After expiration of twenty days let judgment be entered in accordance herewith and ten days thereafter the record remanded to the court below for proper action. So ordered.
Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa, Carson and Tracey, JJ., concur.
A demurrer to the complaint was sustained on the ground that the property of the deceased was in process of administration and liquidation in accordance with the provisions of the present Code of Civil Procedure, and this action, therefore, could not be maintained.
It does not appear from the complaint distinctly whether the property in question is a part of the conjugal property or whether it is a part of the bienes parafernales of the plaintiff, but it makes no difference to which one of these two classes it belongs. We have held in the case of Alfonso v. Natividad 1 (4 Off. Gaz., 461) that when a conjugal partnership is dissolved by the death of the husband the inventory which is mentioned in article 1418 of the Civil Code should be made and the partnership affairs settled in the Court of First Instance which takes jurisdiction of the settlement of his estate, and in the same proceeding. That this inventory should include the bienes parafernales of the wife and the capital of both spouses appears very plainly from the provisions of articles 1421, 1422, and 1423 of the Civil Code. The affairs of the conjugal partnership being in process of liquidation in another proceeding, this action can not be maintained. The judgment of the court below is affirmed, with the costs of this instance against the Appellant.
After expiration of twenty days let judgment be entered in accordance herewith and ten days thereafter the record remanded to the court below for proper action. So ordered.
Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa, Carson and Tracey, JJ., concur.
Endnotes:
1. 6 Phil. Rep., 240.
