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Tan Pong, Et Al vs. Republic Of The Phil., Et Al

TAN PONG, Minor, represented by his Guardian Ad Litem Arnulfo M. Nono, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL., defendants-appellants, TAN YIAT AI and CO BEE, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-21010 | 1969-11-28

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

The plaintiff Tan Pong filed a complaint (Civil Case 6269) with the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, praying (1) that he be adjudged the illegitimate child of one Mercedes Robles, said to be a Filipino citizen, by an unknown common-law husband; (2) that the defendant civil registrar of Bacolod City be ordered to change certain entries in the plaintiff's record of birth respecting (a) his name which he claims is Morito Robles; (b) the date of his birth which he avers is January 4, 1948, not February 6, 1947; (c) his nationality which he asserts to be Filipino, not Chinese; and (d) his...