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Manuel G. Reyes, et al. vs. Court Of Appeals, et al.

MANUEL G. REYES, MILA G. REYES, DANILO G. REYES, LYN AGAPE, MARITES AGAPE, ESTEBANA GALOLO, and CELSA AGAPE, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND JULIO VIVARES, respondents.

G.R. No. 124099 | 1997-10-30

D E C I S I O N

TORRES, JR., J:

Unless legally flawed, a testator's intention in his last will and testament is its "life and soul" which deserves reverential observance.

The controversy before us deals with such a case.

Petitioners Manuel G. Reyes, Mila G. Reyes, Danilo G. Reyes, Lyn Agape, Marites Agape, Estebana Galolo and Celsa Agape, the oppositors in Special Proceedings No. 112 for the probate of the will of Torcuato J. Reyes, assail in this petition for review the decision of the Court of Appeals 1 dated November 29, 1995, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the judgment appealed from...