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Kho Eng Poe vs. Republic Of The Phil. 115 Phil. 596

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF KHO ENG POE TO BE ADMITTED AS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. KHO ENG POE, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17146 | 1962-07-20

D E C I S I O N 


DIZON, J.: 

Appeal taken by the Republic of the Philippines from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cotabato "finding the petition filed by Kho Eng Poe to be meritorious, granting the same and declaring him a Filipino citizen, subject to the conditions prescribed in Section 1 of Republic Act No. 530." 

On January 12, 1961 the Office of the Solicitor General, through Pacifico P. de Castro, Assistant Solicitor General, and Eriberto D. Ignacio, Solicitor, filed a motion to withdraw the appeal, alleging that it had found, after a perusal of the record, that the grounds or reasons that induced the...