7/28/2019 Kalaw v Relova Digest

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81Kalawv.Relova

FACTS:

1.OnSeptember 1, 1971,GregorioKalaw,claimingto bethesole

heirofhisdeceasedsister,NatividadKalaw,filedapetitionfortheprobate ofherholographicWillexecutedon December24,1968.

2.TheholographicWill,asfirstwritten,named RosaKalaw,asisterof thetestatrixashersoleheir.Sheopposedprobate

allegingthat theholographicWillcontainedalterations,corrections,andinsertionswithouttheproperauthenticationbythe fullsignatureofthetestatrixasrequiredbyArticle814oftheCivilCode reading:Art.814.Incaseofanyinsertion,

cancellation,erasureoralterationinaholographicwillthetestatormustauthenticatethesamebyhisfullsignature.

3.ROSA'spositionwas thattheholographicWill,asfirstwritten,shouldbe giveneffect andprobatedsothatshecouldbethe soleheirthereunder.

4.TrialCourtdenied petitiontoprobatetheholographicwill.Reconsiderationdenied.

ISSUE:W/Ntheoriginalunalteredtextaftersubsequent

alterationsandinsertionswerevoidedbythe TrialCourtforlackofauthenticationbythefullsignatureof the testatrix,shouldbeprobatedornot,withRosaassoleheir.RATIO:-Ordinarily,whenanumberoferasures,corrections,andinterlineationsmade

bythetestatorinaholographicwillhavenotbeennotedunderhissignature,the

willisnottherebyinvalidatedasawhole,butatmostonlyasrespectsthe

particularwordserased,correctedorinterlined.

-However,whenasinthiscase,theholographicwillindisputehadonlyone

substantialprovision,whichwasalteredbysubstitutingtheoriginalheir

withanother,butwhichalterationdidnotcarrytherequisiteoffull

authenticationbythefullsignatureofthetestator,theeffectmustbethat

theentirewillisvoidedorrevokedforthesimplereasonthatnothing

remainsinthewillafterthatwhichcouldremainvalid.

-Thatchangeofmindcanneitherbegiveneffectbecauseshefailedto

authenticateitinthemannerrequiredbylawbyaffixingherfullsignature.