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In Re: Flaviano C. Zapanta vs. Local Civil Registrar

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE REGISTER OF DEATHS OF THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF DAVAO CITY, FROM THE NAME "FLAVIANO CASTRO ZAPANTA" TO "FLORENCIO B. ZAPANTA," GLICERIA S. ZAPANTA, petitioner, vs. THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE CITY OF DAVAO AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 55380 | 1994-09-26

R E S O L U T I O N 

VITUG, J.: 

The case at bench has been certified to us by the Court of Appeals after its assessment that it merely raises a pure question of law. 

The case stemmed from the filing of a "Petition for Correction of Entry in the Register of Deaths of the Civil Registry of Davao City from the name `Flaviano Castro Zapanta' to 'Florencio B. Zapanta,'" by Gliceria S. Zapanta before the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Davao (docketed Sp. No. 1913). 

The narration of the case by the Court of Appeals is hereunder quoted: 

"The petition alleges that petitioner Gliceria S. Zapanta is...