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Pan Realty Corp. vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

PAN REALTY CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and S.C. TAN EXPORT CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47726 | 1988-11-23

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

A Regional Trial Court, acting as a Probate Court, has the power to authorize and approve the sale of the decedent's real property for the purpose inter alia of paying the debts, expenses of administration and legacies, if it clearly appears that such sale would be beneficial to the persons interested, 1 or (even if it be not for this purpose) if the sale will be otherwise beneficial to the heirs, devisees, legatees, and other interested persons. 2 It goes without saying that the Court has the discretion to pass upon and determine the basic question of whether or not such a sale does indeed meet the norms...