Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 889
889. An heir guilty of having fraudulently omitted to include in
the inventory property belonging to the inheritance, shall forf eit the
benefit of inventory.
Effect of inventory.890. The effect of the inventory is -
(a) that the heir shall not be liable for the debts of the
inheritance beyond the value of the property to which
he succeeds;
(b) that he may free himself from the payment of the debts
by giving up all the property of the inheritance to the
creditors, the legatees, an d even to the co-heir who
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does not similarly elect to give up the property;
(c) that his own property is not intermixed with the
property of the inheritance, and that he shall retain his
right to enforce the payment of his own claims against
the inheritance.
Duties of heir who
enters upon
inventory.
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