WILLS AND SUCCESSION

SYLLABUS

FIRST WEEK- ART. 774-824

A. General Provisions Art. 774-782

1. Definition of Succession Art. 774
Elements of definition
2. Definition of Inheritance Art. 776
3. Distinguish succession from inheritance

Questions you should be able to answer at the end of

the study of General Provisions?
1. How is succession distinguished from inheritance:
Art.774 v. Art. 776
2. What are transmitted through succession? Art. 774,
Art. 776 (Note: Art. 781 compare with Art. 793)
Case: Alvarez
3. How is the transmission effected? Art. 778-780
4. From whom are they transmitted? Art. 775
5. To whom are they transmitted? Art. Art. 782
6. When are they transmitted from decedent to heirs?
Art.777

B. Wills in General Art. 783-787, 796-803, 818, 839

1. Characteristics of a will:
a. Purely personal act Art. 784-787, Discuss with
Art. 818
b. Free act Art. 839 (3)(4)(5)(6)
c. Dispositive of property (Exceptions)
d. Revocable Art. 818
e. Testator has testamentary capacity Art. 796-803
f. Takes effect upon death Art. 777
g. Gratuitous no exchange of values
2. Rules on interpretation of wills Art. 788-794
Patent and latent ambiguity how to resolve
 3. Validity of wills Art. 795, discuss with Art. 815-
817, 777