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Calvin K. Lo vs. Republic Of The Phil.

CALVIN K. LO, petitioner-appellant, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-15919 | 1961-05-19

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

Petitioner seeks Philippine citizenship in a petition filed before the Court of First Instance of Manila. His petition is supported by the affidavits of Julian S. de Guia, who worked once as secretary and accountant of the Keyser Mercantile Co., Inc., and Francisco V. Alfonso, a stock clerk of the same firm. 

After hearing, the court denied the petition on the following grounds: (1) petitioner failed to state in his petition his former places of residence; (2) he failed to allege the proximate date of his arrival in the Philippines and the place of his debarkation; and (3) the witnesses he...