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Pascual vs. De la Cruz

TESTATE ESTATE OF CATALINA DE LA CRUZ, deceased, ANDRES PASCUAL, petitioner-appellee, vs. PEDRO DE LA CRUZ, ET AL., oppositors-appellants.

G.R. No. L-24819 | 1969-05-30

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
REYES, J.B.L., Acting C.J.: 
 
This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal (in Sp. Proc. No. 3312) admitting to probate the purported will of Catalina de la Cruz. 
 
On 2 January 1960, Catalina de la Cruz, single and without an surviving descendant or ascendant, died at the age of 89 in her residence at San Roque, Navotas, Rizal. On 14 January 1960, a petition for the probate of her alleged will was filed in the Court of First Instance of Rizal by Andres Pascual, who was named in the said will as...