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Laureta vs Mata, 44 Phil 668

PAULO LAURETA, as administrator of the estate of Severa Magno y Laureta, deceased, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO EMILIO MATA and ESTER MAGNO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 19740 | 1923-03-22

D E C I S I O N 


JOHNS, J .: 

Its execution having been admitted the question involved is the construction, legal force, and effect of Exhibit A. Among other things it recites that I, Severa Magno y Laureta, widow, seventy years old . . . hereby declare that for the purpose of giving the giving the young Pedro Emilio Mata, single, seventeen years old, . . . and son of Pastor Mata, already deceased, and Ester Magno, "a reward for the services which he is rendering me, and as a token of my affection toward him and of the fact that he stands high in my affection toward him and of the fact that he stands high in my estimation, I hereby...