Key legal question
Whether the 14 May 2004 agreement was void as a pact on an unopened succession without the de cujus's consent under Art. 636 CC.
Extracted holding
Yes. The agreement concerned a transfer of a hereditary share and lacked the testator’s consent to its specific terms.
Extracted reasoning
The contract expressly provided that the debtor ceded his share in his mother’s succession to secure payment. The testator had not been shown to know the 2004 terms; a general prior consent was insufficient for the specific creditor and debt amount.