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In Re: Dy Bu Sia vs. Republic Of The Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO BE ADMITTED AS CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, DY BU SIA alias FILADELFO DY, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-22076 | 1966-10-29

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Petitioner-appellee Dy Bu Sia, alias Filadelfo Dy, a Chinese, filed a petition for naturalization in the Court of First Instance of Samar, on 10 December 1959. The petition was published in the "Nueva Era" in its issue of 18 and 25 January and 1 February 1960 and also in Nos. 47, 48 and 49, Volume 55, of the Official Gazette (issues of 23, 30 November and 7 December 1959, respectively.) 1 

After hearing, the lower court, on 18 May 1961, granted the petition. Two (2) years thereafter, on motion by the petitioner, and after reception of evidence, the court ordered, on 21 August 1963, the...