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Arroyo vs. Gerona, et al.

In re Intestate Estate of the deceased Concepcion Gerona. IGNACIO ARROYO, petitioner-appellant, vs. JACOBA GERONA ET AL., claimants-appellees.

G.R. No. 36059 | 1933-03-31

D E C I S I O N

STREET, J:

On June 16, 1927, Conception Gerona died in Iloilo, leaving neither ascendants nor descendants. She had suffered from mental alienation from birth, and was at the time of her death under the guardianship of her uncle, Ignacio Arroyo, her only relative on her mother's side. On her paternal side her surviving relatives were her aunts Clara, Ciriaca, Jacoba, and Patricia, sisters of her deceased father, Blas Gerona, together with Maria G. and Blas G., children of Victor Gerona, a deceased brother of the aforesaid aunts. Shortly after the death of Concepcion Gerona her uncle Ignacio secured an order closing the...