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Barut vs. Cabacungan [Concurring, TORRES, J.]

PEDRO BARUT, petitioner-appellant, vs. FAUSTINO CABACUNGAN, ET AL., opponents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-6285 | 1912-02-15

Separate Opinions
 
TORRES, J., concurring:
 
The undersigned agrees and admits that section 618 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not expressly require that, when the testator or testatrix is unable or does not know how to sign, the person who, in the presence and under the express direction of either of them, writes in the name of the said testator or testatrix must also sign his own name thereto, it being sufficient for the validity of the will that the said person so requested to sign the testator or testatrix write the name of either in his own handwriting.
 
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