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Carino vs. Abaya

JOSE M. CARINO, petitioner-appellant, vs. P. FERNANDO MA. ABAYA, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. 46706 | 1940-06-26

D E C I S I O N 


LAUREL, J: 

The root cause of the present legal controversy is a document executed on April 11, 1921 by Petrona Gray and Dorotea Gray, sisters, which, translated into English from its original Ilocano version, recites as follows: 

"We the sisters, Petrona J. Gray, 70 years of age, single, and resident of the municipality of Candon, Ilocos Sur, and Dorotea Gray, 74 years old, also single and resident of the same municipality of Candon, Province of Ilocos Sur, by this instrument declare and set forth the following: 

"First, not knowing when we are going to part from this life and having no legitimate heirs...