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Concepcion Naval, Et Al. Vs. Dolores Jonsay, Et Al. 095 Phil 939

CONCEPCION NAVAL and FRANCISCO NAVAL, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. DOLORES JONSAY, SERAFIN NAVAL, and JOSE NAVAL, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-7199 | 1954-09-30

D E C I S I O N


REYES, A., J.:

This is a dispute over the ownership of a piece of land left by Elias Naval, who died on January 1, 1942. The dispute is between the surviving children of the deceased's first marriage on the one hand and his widow and surviving children of the second marriage on the other.

It appears that Elias Naval married his first wife, Dorotea Malanyaon, in 1888. He had 11 children with her but only two of them - Francisco and Concepcion - survived, the others having died in infancy. Dorotea died in 1908, and in 1912 Elias married his second wife, Dolores Jonsay. With her he had three children: Serafin, Jose, and...