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Bellis vs. Bellis

TESTATE ESTATE OF AMOS G. BELLIS, deceased, PEOPLE'S BANK & TRUST COMPANY, executor, MARIA CRISTINA BELLIS and MIRlAM PALMA BELLIS, oppositors-appellants, vs. EDWARD A. BELLIS, ET AL., heirs-appellees.

G.R. No. L-23678 | 1967-06-06

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
BENGZON, J.P., J.: 
 
This is a direct appeal to us, upon a question purely of law, from an order of the Court of First Instance of Manila dated April 30, 1964, approving the project of partition filed by the executor in Civil Case No. 37089 therein. 
 
The facts of the case are as follows: 
 
Amos G. Bellis, born in Texas, was "a citizen of the State of Texas and of the United States." By his first wife, Mary E. Mallen, whom he divorced, he had five legitimate children: Edward A. Bellis, George Bellis (who...