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In Re: Rosalia Tan Cohon vs. Election Registrar, Et Al.

IN RE: PETITION FOR INCLUSION IN THE PERMANENT LIST OF QUALIFIED VOTERS. (MRS.) ROSALIA TAN COHON, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE ELECTION REGISTRAR, CITY OF CEBU, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-29166 | 1969-08-29

D E C I S I O N 


BARREDO, J.: 

After the Court of First Instance of Cebu rendered the following decision in its Election Case No. 2, entitled "In re Petition for Inclusion in the Permanent List of Qualified Voters, Mrs. Rosalia Tan Cohon, Petitioner, vs. The Election Registrar, City of Cebu, Respondent," on November 3, 1967: 

"From the decision of the City Court of Cebu, denying her petition for inclusion in the registry of voters, the petitioner appealed to this Court. 

From the facts adduced during the hearing before the City Court, it appears that petitioner was a Chinese citizen when she married Antonio S. Cohon in...