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In Re: H. Maravilla, e al. Vs. P. Maravilla, et al.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO PROBATE OF THE WILL OF DIGNA MARAVILLA, HERMINIO MARAVILLA, petitioner-appellant, and ADELINA SAJO, legatee-appellant, vs. PEDRO MARAVILLA, ASUNCION MARAVILLA and REGINA MARAVILLA, oppositors-appellees, CONCEPCION KOHLHAAS

G.R. No. L-23225 | 1971-02-27

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J:

These are appeals (before Republic Act 5440) from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, in its Special Proceeding No. 4977, denying the probate of the will of the deceased, Digna Maravilla. These appeals were brought to the Court of Appeals, but said court certified the same to this Supreme Court on 26 May 1964, in accord with the latter's prior decision in Fernandez, etc., et al. vs. Maravilla, L-18799, 31 March 1964, 1 which settled the question of appellate jurisdiction in favor of the Supreme Court over that of the Court of Appeals, on the appeal from the appointment of a...