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Cecilio De La Cruz vs. Manuel Jesus De La Cruz 120 Phil. 838

CECILIO DE LA CRUZ and EUSTAQUIA DEVIS DE LA CRUZ, petitioners-appellants, vs. MANUEL JESUS DE LA CRUZ, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-19391 | 1964-09-29

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan dismissing the petition for revocation of the adoption of Manuel J. (Aquino) de la Cruz, filed by his adoptive parents in accordance with Article 348 of the Civil Code.

By judgment dated August 16, 1954 of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur (Sp. Proc. No. 1401) the minor Manuel J. Aquino was declared the legally adopted child of the spouses Cecilio de la Cruz and Eustaquia Devis de la Cruz. Seven years later the adopting parents filed in the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan 1 a petition to have the decree of...