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Gurbuxani vs. Government of the Phil.

Application for Philippine citizenship. RAFAEL JALANDONI GURBUXANI, applicant-appellant, vs. GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. 46265 | 1939-12-14

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

On February 5, 1923 Rafael Jalandoni Gurbuxani filed an application in the Court of First Instance of Misamis asking that he be admitted as a citizen of the Philippines. In the sworn application presented he alleged: that he was born in Hyderabad Sind, India, on January 10, 1899; that he was married to Carmelina Fernan, born in Bugo, Cebu, with whom he had a child named Parpati Gurbuxani, born on April 29, 1922; that he emigrated to the Philippines from Bombay, India, on November 13, 1916, reaching the Port of Manila on board the ship Tamming; that he had all the qualifications required by Act No. 2927; that...