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Art. 744. Donations of the same thing to two or more different donees shall be governed by the provisions concerning the sale of the same thing to two or more different persons.

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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.

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When the same thing is donated to two or more different donees, the conflict is resolved by the rules on double sale — the provisions on selling the same thing to two or more persons.

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