Article 941

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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A legacy of generic personal property shall be valid even if there be no things of the same kind in the estate.

Official text — RA 386

A legacy of generic personal property shall be valid even if there be no things of the same kind in the estate.

A devise of indeterminate real property shall be valid only if there be immovable property of its kind in the estate.

The right of choice shall belong to the executor or administrator who shall comply with the legacy by the delivery of a thing which is neither of inferior nor of superior quality. (875a)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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