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Beng vs. Rp

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME, GO CHIU BENG, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29574 | 1972-08-18

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J:

This is an appeal, taken by the Government, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Leyte granting the petition of appellee Go Chiu Beng for change of name to that of "Reynaldo Bingo," as prayed for in his amended petition, instead of "Reynaldo Gosibeng," as prayed for in his original petition.

Upon a review of the records, it is manifest therefrom that the decision appealed from must be set aside as null and void for want of jurisdiction to entertain appellee's petition for change of name, it being undisputed, as it appears from petitioner's Exhibit "A", that the only name given in the title of...