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Guerrero vs. Bihis

BELLA A. GUERRERO, PETITIONER, VS. RESURRECCION A. BIHIS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 174144 | 2007-04-17

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CORONA, J.:
 
The Scriptures tell the story of the brothers Jacob and Esau[1], siblings who fought bitterly over the inheritance of their father Isaac's estate. Jurisprudence is also replete with cases involving acrimonious conflicts between brothers and sisters over successional rights. This case is no exception.
 
On February 19, 1994, Felisa Tamio de Buenaventura, mother of petitioner Bella A. Guerrero and respondent Resurreccion A. Bihis, died at the Metropolitan Hospital in Tondo, Manila.
 
On May 24, 1994, petitioner filed a petition for the probate of the last will and testament...