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Adela Santos Gutierrez vs. Jose D. Villegas, Et Al. 115 Phil. 301

ADELA SANTOS GUTIERREZ, movant-appellee, vs. JOSE D. VILLEGAS and RIZALINA SANTOS RIVERA, oppositors-appellants.

G.R. No. L-11848 | 1962-05-31

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

On November 11, 1954, Irene Santos died intestate, leaving as her only heirs her surviving spouse Jose D. Villegas and two nieces - daughters of a deceased brother, Rizalina Santos Rivera and Adela Santos Gutierrez. Thereafter, the surviving spouse filed with the Rizal CFI, Pasay City Branch, a petition for Letters of Administration (Sp. Proc. No. 2100), and was appointed administrator of the estate. In the petition, he named as intestate heirs, besides himself, Rizalina Santos Rivera and Adela Santos Gutierrez. Under date of January 15, 1955, in the above-mentioned Special Proceedings, an unverified...