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Mercado, et al vs. Mercado, et al

In re estate of the deceased Ines Basa de Mercado. JOAQUINA BASA ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. ATILANO G. MERCADO, respondent-appellees.

G.R. No. L-42226 | 1935-07-26

D E C I S I O N


GODDARD, J:

By virtue of an order dated June 27, 1931, the Honorable Hermogenes Reyes, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, allowed and probated the last will and testament of Ines Basa, deceased. On January 30, 1932, the same judge approved the account of the administrator of the estate, declared him the only heir of the deceased under the will and closed the administration proceedings. On April 11, 1934, the herein petitioners-appellants filed a motion in which they prayed that said proceedings be reopened and alleged that the court lacked jurisdiction to act in the matter because there was a failure to...