RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 1038

Article 1038

ART. 1038. Any person incapable of succession, who, disregarding the prohibition stated in the preceding articles, entered into the possession of the hereditary property, shall be obliged to return it together with its accessions. He shall be liable for all the fruits and rents he may have received, or could have received through the exercise of due diligence. (760a)

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