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In Re: Tang Kong Kiat vs. Republic Of The Phil.121 Phil. 1175

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF TANG KONG KIAT alias LIM SU TONG TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. TANG KONG KIAT alias LIM SU TONG, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-19915 | 1965-06-23

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

This is an appeal by the Republic of the Philippines from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental declaring petitioner-appellee Tang Kong Kiat, alias Lim Su Tong, qualified for admission to Philippine citizenship. 

The evidence shows that the appellee is a citizen of the Republic of Nationalist China under whose laws Filipinos may become naturalized citizens; that he was born in Chinkang, China, on June 29, 1912; that he migrated to the Philippines in 1924, arriving at the port of Manila when he was then 12 years old; that soon thereafter he resided in Tagbilaran, Bohol,...