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In Re: Andres Singson vs. Republic Of The Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ANDRES SINGSON TO BE ADMITTED OR TO BE DECLARED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, ANDRES SINGSON, petitioner-appellant, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-21855 | 1968-01-30

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of La Union dated July 15, 1963 setting aside and declaring null and void its previous decision declaring petitioner a citizen of the Philippines in Naturalization Case No. 30. 

Petitioner filed his petition for naturalization on October 12, 1959, with an alternative prayer that he be permitted to present evidence of his Philippine citizenship and declared a Filipino citizen accordingly. After due publication and hearing, there being no opposition from either the office of the Solicitor General or the Provincial Fiscal, the lower court...