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Reyes vs. Barretto Datu 19 SCRA 85

TIRSO T. REYES, as guardian of the minors, Azucena, Flordelis and Tirso, Jr. all surnamed Reyes y Barretto, plaintiff-appellant, vs. LUCILA MILAGROS BARRETTO DATU, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17818 | 1967-01-20

D E C I S I O N 
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.: 
 
Direct appeal from a judgment of the Court of First instance of Bulacan, in its Civil Case No. 1084, dismissing the complaint of appellant Tirso T. Reyes and ordering the same to deliver to the defendant-appellee, Lucia Milagros Barretto Datu, the properties received by his deceased wife under the terms of the will of the late Bibiano Barretto, consisting of lots in Manila, Rizal, Pampanga and Bulacan, valued at more than P200,000. 
 
The decision appealed from sets the antecedents of the case to be as follows: 
 
" 'This is an action to recover one-half...