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Suntay vs. Suntay 95 Phil. 500

G.R. Nos. L-3087 and G.R. No. L-3088 In re: Testate Estate of the deceased JOSE B. SUNTAY. SILVINO SUNTAY, petitioner-appellant. vs. In re: Intestate Estate of the deceased JOSE B. SUNTAY, FEDERICO C. SUNTAY, administrator-appellee.

G.R. Nos. L-3087 and L-3088 | 1954-07-31

 
EN BANC
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PADILLA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan disallowing the alleged will and testament executed in Manila on November 1929, and the alleged last will and testament executed in Kulangsu, Amoy, China, on 4 January 1931, by Jose B. Suntay. The value of the estate left by the deceased is more than P50,000.
 
On 14 May 1934 Jose B. Suntay, a Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines, died in the city of Amoy, Fookien province, Republic of China, leaving real and personal properties in the Philippines and a house in Amoy, Fookien province,...