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Lim vs. Replic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF LOU C. LIM (Lim Chat) TO BE ADMITTED AS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. LOU C. LIM (LIM CHAT), petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27126 | 1970-05-29

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J: 

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court denying a motion of the then Solicitor General, now Justice, Antonio P. Barredo, for the cancellation of the naturalization proceedings had, the order allowing the oath-taking of applicant Lou C. Lim, the oath of allegiance subscribed to by him, the certificate of naturalization issued in his favor as well as a later order declaring his wife likewise a citizen, the motion 1 for cancellation being premised on the rather unique circumstance of the petition for naturalization filed on September 26, 1960 being based on the former Naturalization Act 2 when...