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Lieng vs. Encarnacion [JOHNSON, J., dissenting]

SY JOC LIENG, SY YOC CHAY, SY JUI NIU and SY CHUA NIU, plaintiffs, appellees-appellants, v. PETRONILA ENCARNACION, GREGORIO SY QUIA, PEDRO SY QUIA, JUAN SY QUIA and GENEROSO MENDOZA SY QUIA, Defendants, appellants-appellees. Bishop & O’Brien, for plaintiffs, appellees and appellants. Rosado, Sanz & Opisso, M. Legaspi, and Ledesma & Sumulong, for defendants, appellants and appellees.

G.R. No. 4718 | 1910-03-19

JOHNSON, J., dissenting:

The Hon. A. S. Crossfield, who tried the case and saw and heard the witnesses, in his very carefully prepared opinion found the following facts to be fully proved:

First. That one Sy Quia, a Chinaman, was born in the Empire of China, in or near the city of Amoy, in 1822 or 1823.

Second. That when the said Sy Quia was about 12 years of age he came to the Philippine Islands and remained here until he was about 25 years of age.

Third. That in the year 1847 he returned to China where he was married to one Yap Buanju (Yap Pua Niu), a Chinese woman, in accordance with the laws and customs of the Chinese Empire.

Fourth....