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Dolores Neria, Et Al. vs. Martiniano P. Vivo, Et Al.

DOLORES NERIA, etc., et al., petitioners-appellees, vs. MARTINIANO P. VIVO, as Commissioner of Immigration, etc., et al., respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26611-12 | 1969-09-30

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

The three petitioners, Dolores, Felix and Manuel, all surnamed Neria, arrived in Manila from Hongkong on board a plane of the Cathay Pacific Airways on July 9, 1961. They were followed by the two other petitioners Simeon and Ramon Neria who arrived on July 16. 

The matter of the admission of Dolores, Felix and Manuel Neria was referred to the Board of Special Inquiry No. 1 which, on August 2, 1961, after investigation, found Dolores Neria to be a Filipino citizen and Felix and Manuel Neria to be her illegitimate minor children by a Chinese national, Gan Chong Bing, and accordingly voted to admit...