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Manuel Gonzales Vs. Manolita Gonzales De Carungcong 090 Phil 444

MANUEL GONZALES, petitioner-appellant, vs. MANOLITA GONZALES DE CARUNGCONG, petitioner-appellee; ALEJANDRO GONZALES, JR., and JUAN GONZALES, oppositor-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-3272-73 | 1951-11-29

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, C.J.:

On November 27, 1948, Manuela Ibarra Vda. de Gonzales (hereafter to be referred to as testatrix) died at the age of about seventy-eight years, leaving five children, namely, Alejandro Gonzales, Jr., Manuel Gonzales, Leopoldo Gonzales, Manolita Gonzales de Carungcong, and Juan Gonzales. The estate left by her is estimated at P150,000.

On December 22, 1948, Manuel Gonzales filed in the Court of First Instance of Rizal a petition (Special Proceeding No. 837) for the probate of an alleged will executed by the testatrix on November 16, 1942 (Exhibit B - Manuel Gonzales), devising to Manuel Gonzales the greater...