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Ambrosia Kalaw Vs. Alejandro Virrey, Et Al. 038 Phil 498

AMBROSIA KALAW, petitioner-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO VIRREY and CANDIDO LANTING, contestants-appellants.

G.R. No. 12894 | 1918-08-21

D E C I S I O N


AVANCEá'A, J .:

Sebastian Virrey, who died in the municipality of Lipa Batangas, on December 3, 1916, left a holographic will, executed on January 29, 1895. Upon the filing of this will for probate, the court set the 13th day of January, 1917, for the hearing, after due publication, and on this date Alejandro Virrey and Candido Lanting filed an opposition based on the ground that the will could not be allowed, in accordance with section 617 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Upon the opening of the session of the court, on the above date, for the hearing of the probate proceedings on this will, the contestants, represented...