Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 744
744. (1) The legacy shall lapse if the thing bequeathed has
entirely perished during the lifetime of the testator.
(2) The same rule shall apply if the thing has perished after the
death of the testator, without the agency or fault of the heir, even
though such heir may have been put in default for delay in the
delivery thereof, provided the thing would have equally perished in
the possession of the legatee.
(3) Where several things have been alternatively bequeathed,
the legacy shall subsist, even though there shall remain one only of
such things.
Effect of
testamentary
disposition in case
of predecease of
person benefited.
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