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Republic of the Phils. Vs. Lee Bon UI

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner-appellant, vs. LEE BON UI also known as VICENTE LEE BEON UI, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-33504 | 1984-09-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal taken by the Government through the Solicitor General from an order of the Court of First Instance of Manila denying the motion to cancel the Certificate of Naturalization issued in favor of appellee Lee Bon Ui alias Vicente Lee Beon Ui.

On June 24, 1960, the Court of First Instance of Manila rendered judgment declaring that Lee Bon Ui alias Vicente Lee Beon Ui possessed all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to be admitted a citizen of the Philippines and granted his application for admission as a Filipino citizen.

On June 26, 1962, the respondent-appellee filed...