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Aznar vs. Duncan 17 SCRA 590

IN THE MATTER OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. CHRISTENSEN, deceased. ADOLFO C. AZNAR, executor-appellee, vs. MARIA LUCY CHRISTENSEN DUNCAN, oppositor-appellant. MARIA HELEN CHRISTENSEN, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-24365 | 1966-06-30

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
MAKALINTAL, J.: 
 
Edward E. Christensen, a citizen of California with domicile in the Philippines, died leaving a will executed on March 5, 1951. The will was admitted to probate by the Court of First Instance of Davao in its decision of February 28, 1954. In that same decision the court declared that Maria Helen Christensen Garcia (hereinafter referred to as Helen Garcia) was a natural child of the deceased. The declaration was appealed to this Court, and was affirmed in its decision of February 14, 1958 (G.R. No. L-11484) 
 
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