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Hix vs. Fluemer

Intestate Estate of the late E. Randolph Hix. ANNIE COUSINS HIX, petitioner-appellant, vs. A. W. FLUEMER, opponent-appellee.

G.R. No. 34259 | 1931-03-21

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J:

The petitioner, Annie Cousins Hix, appeals from the order issued by the Court of First Instance of Manila in the course of the intestate proceedings of E. Randolph Hix, the dispositive part of which reads as follows:

"In view of the foregoing considerations, the court holds: (1) That the divorce decree granted by the Circuit Court of Randolph County of the State of West Virginia awarding the deceased Hix a divorce from his wife, Annie Cousins Hix, is valid in this jurisdiction; (2) that since the latter is legally divorced from her late husband, she is not entitled to the pension she asks as his widow;...