CUA v.

VARGAS

Facts: A notice via publication of the settlement was made.

Issue: Did the publication of the settlement constitute constructive notice to the heirs had no knowledge
of it?

Held: It did not constitute constructive notice to the heirs who had no knowledge or did not take part in
it “because the same”, in other words of the Supreme Court, is notice after the fact of execution.

In the abovementioned case, the heirs who actually participated in the execution of the extrajudicial
settlement, which included the sale to a third person of their pro indiviso shares in the property