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Apacible, Et. Al. Vs. Castillo

CONCHA C. APACIBLE and ESPERANZA AGUILAR, petitioners, vs. MARIA CASTILLO, respondent.

G.R. No. 49041 | 1944-03-20

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J:

Appeal by certiorari to review and reverse a decision of the Third Division of the Court of Appeals affirming an order entered by the Court of First Instance of Batangas in the intestacy of the deceased Vicente Castillo whereby the herein respondent Maria Castillo was declared a duly acknowledged natural child of said decedent, upon the following facts:

Maria Castillo was born in Manila on July 22, 1915. Her parents, Vicente Castillo
(who died in Balayan, Batangas, on May 10, 1939) and Juana Malayto, lived as husband and wife for several years without being united in holy wedlock. On August 21, 1915, Vicente...