Facts
The case concerns a sale of real estate where the buyer passed away before the transfer of ownership. The buyer's widow accepted the inheritance under public inventory. The seller had not registered his claim for payment of the remaining purchase price in the inventory. The widow then demanded the transfer of ownership from the seller in accordance with the purchase contract, which he refused.
The District Court and the High Court upheld the widow's claim. The seller appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, requesting that the judgment be overturned and the claim dismissed.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and confirmed the contested judgment. It stated that the liability limitation associated with the public inventory only applies to inheritance debts and does not result in the extinction of estate assets such as the claim for transfer of ownership. The…