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Chuc Siu, Et Al. vs. The Local Civil Registrar Of Manila

CHUC SIU and TERESITA B. HADLOC, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE LOCAL REGISTRAR OF MANILA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-20649 | 1967-07-31

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

Appeal from an order of dismissal of the lower court of a complaint wherein plaintiffs, now appellants, sued the Local Civil Registrar of Manila "to cause the birth certificates of the children of the plaintiffs corrected or changed in the manner explained and prayed for . . ." 

The complaint was filed on May 29, 1962, plaintiffs Chug Siu and Teresita B. Hadloc alleging that they "are of legal age, common-law spouses, Chinese and Filipino respectively by nationality, and they reside at 1560 Zurbaran, Sta. Cruz, Manila; and the defendant Local Civil Registrar of Manila, a duly appointed public...