Page 358 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 1451. When land passes by succession

to any person and he causes the legal title to be

put in the name of another, a trust is established

by implication of law for the benefit of the true

owner.

Article 1453. When property is conveyed to a

person in reliance upon his declared intention

to hold it for, or transfer it to another or the

grantor, there is an implied trust in favor of the

person whose benefit is contemplated.

Article 1456. If property is acquired through

mistake or fraud, the person obtaining it is, by

force of law, considered a trustee of an implied

trust for the benefit of the person from whom

the property comes.