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Eugenia Morales Vs. Proceso Yanez 098 Phil 677

EUGENIA MORALES, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. PROCESO YANEZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-9315 | 1956-03-24

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Appeal from an order of the Hon. Jose P. Veluz, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Oriental dismissing plaintiffs' complaint dated July 17, 1950 for the recovery of three parcels of land in the City of Cagayan de Oro.

There is no question that said lands belonged to Eugeniano Saarenas who died intestate in 1937, leaving no ascendants nor descendants; that as his surviving nephews (by a sister) defendant Proceso Yañez (and his sisters) took possession of said lots; and that plaintiffs are illegitimate (adulterous) children of Eugeniano, born between 1910 and 1927.

Plaintiffs' action is founded on arts....