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Maria Lopez Vs. Leonor Garcia Lopez 040 Phil 184

MARIA LOPEZ, widow of Joaquin Garcia Guerrero, petitioner-appellee, vs. LEONOR GARCIA LOPEZ, opponent-appellant.

G.R. No. 13823 | 1919-09-22

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

On March 31, 1901, Joaquin Garcia Guerrero died in the City of Manila, leaving a surviving widow, Maria Lopez y Coejilo, and seven children as heirs, to-wit: Joaquin, Rosa Ignacio, Maria, Leonor, Mercedes, and Ricardo, all of the surname Garcia y Lopez. Many years prior to his death, to wit, on March 5, 1892, the deceased had executed a Will in accordance with the requirements of article 694 of the Civil Code then in force in these Islands. However, nothing was done for many years after his death looking to the establishment of the will and the judicial distribution of the estate thereunder. On the contrary...