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Luy vs. Republic of the Philippines

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ALFREDO T. LUY TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ALFREDO T. LUY, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28860 | 1970-07-24

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J: 

The Solicitor General seeks the reversal of a decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, granting the application for naturalization, as citizen of the Philippines, of herein appellee, Alfredo Tan Luy. 

The main question far determination in this appeal is whether or not the lower court has erred in rendering the decision appealed from, considering the fact that, admittedly, appellee had not filed the declaration of intention required in Section 5 of Commonwealth Act No. 473, commonly known as the Revised Naturalization Law, Appellee maintains, and the lower court held that...