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Irenio Odejar, etal. Vs. Isidro P. Guico, etal.

IRENEO ODEJAR, LIBRADA ODEJAR, and JUANITO ODEJAR, as heirs of the deceased spouses AMBROCIO ODEJAR and GLICERIA GIBAS, petitioners, vs. ISIDRO P. GUICO, EMMANUEL GUICO and LOURDES G. AMORANTE, respondents.

G.R. No. 67548 | 1989-12-20

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

The small estate left by a young military officer killed in action on March 12, 1942, shortly after the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese armed forces ---- consisting of his arrears in pay amounting to P11,377.43, and the sum of P500.00 due as reimbursement of deposit ---- is what has given rise to the controversy at bar. That young man was Lt. Roberto Tamisin. He was survived by his wife, Paula Odejar, whom he had married barely a year earlier.

On the misrepresentation of the lieutenant's father (Cecilio Tamisin), his brother (Rufino), and his sisters (Eufrocina and Teresa) ---- that he (Lt....