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In Re: Antonio Sy vs. Republic Of The Phil.121 Phil. 1366

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP. ANTONIO SY, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-19636 | 1965-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

The Republic, thru the Solicitor General, has appealed from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, rendered February 1, 1962, granting Antonio Sy's petition for naturalization. 

Petitioner's evidence shows among other things that he is single and a citizen of the Republic of China; that he was born in Sagay, Negros Occidental, on January 17, 1934 and resided therein until 1938; that from 1938 to 1952 he resided in Iloilo City; that from 1952 to 1957 he resided in Bacolod City; and that from 1957 to the filing of his petition on March 29, 1961 and up to the present he has...