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Tan Kay Ko Vs. Republic Of The Phil. 092 Phil 915

TAN KAY KO alias YAP KAY KO, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4353 | 1953-04-20

D E C I S I O N


JUGO, J.:

On March 20, 1950, Tan Kay Ko alias Yap Kay Ko, filed a petition in the Court of First Instance of Sorsogon for Philippine citizenship. On March 22, 1950, the clerk of court of Sorsogon issued notice of the petition, setting the case for hearing on July 17, 1950. The notice was published in the newspaper Nueva Era of general circulation of the province, in its issues of March 17, April 8 and 10, 1950, and in the March, April and May, 1950, issues of the Official Gazette. On July 17, 1950, the date of the hearing, the Provincial Fiscal of Sorsogon appeared in behalf of the office of the Solicitor General and...