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Natividad Batiquin Vs. Filomena Batiquin 045 Phil 802

NATIVIDAD BATIQUIN ET AL., plaintiff-appellants, vs. FILOMENA BATIQUIN ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 21164 | 1924-03-18

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J .:

This is an action for the partition of seven parcels of land situated in the municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu.

The parcels were originally community property of the marriage of Braulio Gonzales and Dominga Batiquin. In August, 1896, the two spouses made their last wills and testament, each of them making the other his or her universal heir. The will bore the same date but appeared in separate instruments and were executed in conformity with the laws at that time in force.

Dominga Batiquin died in May, 1898, and her husband in September, 1901, neither of them leaving heirs by force of law. The...