Text of the provision
Art. 1060. A corporation or association authorized to conduct the business of a trust company in the Philippines may be appointed as an executor, administrator, guardian of an estate, or trustee, in like manner as an individual; but it shall not be appointed guardian of the person of a ward.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
A corporation or association authorised to conduct the business of a trust company may be appointed executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, in the same manner as a natural person.
Related provisions
- Article 1059 — When the Estate Cannot Pay Its Debts.
- Article 1061 — Collation Defined.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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