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Anacleta Barillo vs. Republic of the Philippines 3 SCRA 725

RE: CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF QUEZON CITY. ANACLETA BARILLO, petitioner-appellant, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-14823 | 1961-12-28

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J.:

In a verified petition filed on 24 July 1958 in the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch V, Quezon City, the petitioner Anacleta Barillo claims and alleges that she has been known by the nickname "Etang"; that on 27 December 1937 at the Independent Church in Sampaloc, Manila, she was married to Ngan Hu, by whom she begot four children, namely, Leticia, Julieta, Arturo and Araceli, all surnamed Gan; and that by usage, response and tolerance to the appellation "Etang" her friends, neighbors and distant relatives had mistaken her name to be Vicenta, appearing in the birth certificates of her children, instead...