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Jose Villaflor Vs. Deogracias Tobias Et Al.

JOSE VILLAFLOR, petitioner-appellant, vs. DEOGRACIAS TOBIAS ET AL., oppositors-appellees.

G.R. No. 27440 | 1927-12-24

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition for the probate of a will alleged to have been executed by one Gregoria Villaflor who died in the municipality of Santo Domingo, Province of Ilocos Sur on October 7, 1925. The petition was presented by Jose Villaflor , Deogracias Tobias, and several other whose names do not appear in the record, contested the will upon the following grounds: (1) That it was not signed by the alleged testatrix personally though she was well able to do so at the time of the execution of the document; (2) that said testatrix did not authorize any one to sign the alleged will...