Act No. 190 Section 737

Estate of insolvent nonresident.

Section 737

SEC. 737. Estate of insolvent nonresident. — In case administration is taken in the Philippine Islands of the estate of a person who was at the time of his decease an inhabitant of another country or state, and who died insolvent, his estate found in the Philippine Islands shall, as far as practicable, be so disposed of that his creditors here and elsewhere, may receive each an equal share in proportion to their respective debts.

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