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Gue vs. Republic 107 Phil 381

In the matter of the petition for the declaration of William Gue, presumptively dead. ANGELINA L. GUE, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee. Virgilio V. David for appellant. Office of the Solicitor General Edilberto Barot and Solicitor E. M. Salva for appellee.

G.R. No. L-14058 | 1960-03-24

EN BANC

         
MONTEMAYOR, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Manila, presided by Judge Bonifacio Ysip, dismissing the petition of Angelina Gue. Involving as it does only question of law, the appeal was taken directly to us.

On November 20, 1957, Angelina L. Gue filed a petition in the Court of First Instance of Manila, Civil Case No. 34303, alleging that she was married to William Gue; that they had a child named Anthony L. Gue; that January 5, 1946, her husband left Manila where they were residing and went to Shanghai, China, but since then, he had not been heard of, neither...