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Bonsato et al., vs Court of Appeals 95 Phil 481

HEIRS OF JUAN BONSATO and FELIPE BONSATO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and JOSEFA UTEA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-6600 | 1954-07-30

D E C I S I O N 
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.: 
 
This is a petition for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals holding two deeds of donation executed on the first day of December, 1939 by the late Domingo Bonsato in favor of his brother Juan Bonsato and of his nephew Felipe Bonsato, to be void for being donations mortis causa accomplished without the formalities required by law for testamentary dispositions. 
 
The case was initiated in the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan (Case No. 8892) on June 7, 1945, by respondents Josefa Utea and other heirs of Domingo Bonsato and his wife Andrea Nacario, both deceased....