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Eulalio Hernaez vs Rosendo Hernaez

EULALIO HERNAEZ, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ROSENDO HERNAEZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 857 | 1903-02-10

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

The subject of this action is the will executed by Doña Juana Espinosa, widow of Don Pedro Hernaez, on December 5, 1894, in Bacolod, Island of Negros, before a notary public, and three witnesses, and with the aid of an interpreter, the testatrix not understanding Spanish. In this will the principal dispositions are those relative to the legacy of the third part of the hereditary estate of free disposal, which the testatrix leaves to her eldest son, Rosendo, to the betterment of the other third made in favor of this same son, and the distribution of the remaining third in six equal parts among her...