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Teofila Dionision Vs. Angela Dionisio 045 Phil 609

In re probate of will of Josefa Dionisio. TEOFILA DIONISION, petitioner-appellee, vs. ANGELA DIONISIO, opponent-appellant.

G.R. No. 21177 | 1923-12-22

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J .:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan admitting to probate a document alleged to be the last will and testament of the deceased Josefa Dionisio.

The petition for the probate of the document was opposed by Angela Dionisio, a niece of the deceased, on the grounds (1) that the document has not been executed in the form required by law for a valid,(2) that at the time of its execution the deceased was mentally incapacitated, and (3) that the alleged signatures of the deceased to the document are forgeries.

(1) In connection with the first ground for the opposition, the...