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In re:Ong vs. Republic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO BECOME A FILIPINO CITIZEN, FELIX ONG, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. 34995 | 1974-06-28

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The Republic of the Philippines appealed from a decision granting an application for naturalization by applicant Felix Ong. It is contended that the lower court should have denied the application on any of the following grounds: the failure to state categorically that petitioner is a person of good moral character, the failure to state all his previous places of residence, and the failure to hold that he did not have a lucrative income. On the last ground alone, as will be shown, he was not entitled to a favorable decision. A judgment of reversal is thus called for.

The lower court, after considering both...