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Teodoro Sumaljag Bongal, Et Al. vs. Barbara P. Vda. De Bongal

TEODORO SUMALJAG BONGAL with his guardian ad litem and natural mother, SEVERINA SUMALJAG, plaintiff-appellant, vs. BARBARA P. VDA. DE BONGAL, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-17463 | 1967-05-16

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

On February 1, 1960, Teodoro S. Bongal, about 20 years old at the time, represented by his guardian ad litem and natural mother Severina Sumaljag, filed an action for acknowledgment, partition and damages in the Court of First Instance of Leyte against Barbara P. Bongal, surviving spouse of the late decedent Zosimo Bongal, who died intestate on November 7, 1959 in Palompon, Leyte. It was alleged in the complaint that during the period from 1938 to 1940, the deceased Zosimo Bongal and Severina Sumaljag - who were then without legal impediment to marry each other - lived and cohabited under one roof...