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Valarao vs. Pascual

GLORIOSA V. VALARAO, petitioner, vs. CONRADO C. PASCUAL and MANUEL C. DIAZ,1 respondents.

G.R. No. 150164 | 2002-11-26

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BELLOSILLO, J.:
 
FELICIDAD C. PASCUAL died at seventy-one (71) years, femme sole, leaving a substantial inheritance for her querulous collateral relatives who all appear disagreeable to any sensible partition of their windfall.
 
To divide the disputed estate are five (5) groups of legal heirs which include respondents Conrado C. Pascual, a brother of the deceased, and Manuel C. Diaz, a nephew, son of her sister Carmen P. Diaz, and petitioner Gloriosa V. Valarao who is the decedent's niece. The bloodlines marking the groups of...