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Rep. Of the Phil. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEAL AND LUCINA Y. CHUA, respondent.

G.R. No. 77028 | 1988-11-08

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The Republic of the Philippines appeals from the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 10832, promulgated on 5 January 1987, affirming the judgment of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Eighth Judicial Region, Government Center, Palo, Leyte, in Naturalization Case No. 164, granting the application of Lucina Y. Chua for naturalization as citizen of the Philippines.

Respondent Lucina Y. Chua is a Chinese national. She was born on 8 September 1956, in Abuyog, Leyte, and has resided in Leyte since birth. She was baptized as a Roman Catholic in the St. Francis Xavier Parish Church in Abuyog on 26...