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Paz Ty Sin Tei vs. Jose Lee Dy Piao 103 Phil 858

PAZ TY SIN TEI, petitioner-appellee, vs. JOSE LEE DY PIAO, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-11271 | 1958-05-28

D E C I S I O N


FELIX, J.:

Dy Lac, a Chinese national, was long before the effectivity of the Philippine Constitution, the absolute and registered owner of certain real properties in Manila. After the death of his wife in China in 1907, by whom he had a son, Dy Lac contracted a second marriage with Ong Tiem alias Uy Cho, also a Chinese, whom he brought into the Philippines in 1920 together with the latter's maid-servant Gue Kuy alias Paz Ty Sin Tei.

On June 23, 1938, Dy Lac executed a document donating to Paz Ty Sin Tei two parcels of land together with all the improvements thereon, located at Ronquillo street and Rizal Avenue known as...