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Ang vs. Sy So

JOSE NORBERTO ANG, PETITIONER, VERSUS THE ESTATE OF SY SO, RESPONDENT

G.R. No. 182252 | 2016-08-03

DECISION

This is a Petition filed pursuant to RuLe 45 assailing the Decision 1 and Resolution 2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 85444, which partially granted respondent Sy So's appeal from the Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 130, Caloocan City, in Civil Case No. C-15945. 

THE ANTECEDENT FACTS 

Sometime in the late 1930s, respondent Sy So, a Chinese citizen, was married to a certain Jose Ang. 4 Sy So maintained a sari-sari store, while her husband maintained a foundry shop. Testimonial evidence showed that, by virtue of her business, she was financially well-off on her own.5

The couple was...