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Bishop of Nueva Caseres vs Santos, Et. Al

THE BISHOP OF NUEVA CACERES, ETC., plaintiff, vs. EUGENIA M. SANTOS, ET AL., defendants.

G.R. No. 47260 | 1941-06-06

D E C I S I O N

LAUREL, J p:

Engracio Orense, a resident of the municipality of Guinobatan, Province of Albay, died on October 8, 1918, leaving a will, according to which six parcels of land were left to the Roman Catholic Church of Guinobatan, Albay, as trustee for various charitable and educational purposes, subject to a life estate in favor of the surviving spouse, Eugenia M. Santos Vda. de Orense, one of the defendants-appellants herein, who, in the absence of descendants, ascendants, and collateral heirs of the deceased, was made his universal testamentary heir. In civil case No. 2867 of the Court of First Instance of Albay, the...