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On December 4, 1995, respondents filed a Complaint All told, therefore, the rule that the heirs have no
for the legal standing to sue for the recovery of property
Annulment/Rescission of Extra Judicial Settlement of
of the estate during the pendency of
Estate of a Deceased Person with
administration proceedings has three exceptions,
Quitclaim, Real Estate Mortgage and Cancellation of
Transfer Certificate of Titles. the third being when there is no appointed
Petitioners filed their Answer to the aforesaid administrator such as in this case.
complaint interposing the defense that the property
subject of the contested deed of extra-judicial
settlement pertained to the
properties originally belonging to the parents of G.R. No. 216756,
Teodora Riofero and that the titles August 08, 2018
thereof were delivered to her as an advance inheritance GENOVEVA P. TAN, DECEASED, SUBSTITUTED BY
but the decedent had managed MELCHOR P. TAN AS THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF
to register them in his name. THE DECEASED PETITIONER, Petitioner v. REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE BUREAU
ISSUE: OF CUSTOMS, Respondent.
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
ISSUE:
RULING: