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Agustines vs. JOCOFI of Bulacan

JOSEFA AGUSTINES, ENCARNACION AGUSTINES, JOSE AGUSTINES, LOURDES AGUSTINES, ESTELA AGUSTINES, and ABELARDO AGUSTINES, petitioners, vs. THE JUDGE OF COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, SEVERO VALENZUELA, and THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-612 | 1948-04-03

D E C I S I O N

BENGZON, J:

A nine-hectare land in Marilao, Bulacan, is the subject of a three-cornered dispute between Severo Valenzuela on one side and the relatives of his deceased wife Generosa Agustines on the other, with the Archbishop of Manila as intervenor.
The main facts are unquestioned:

In August, 1934, Generosa Agustines died leaving a will which was subsequently submitted for probate in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan in special proceedings No. 4944. Having no children, she named her surviving husband Severo Valenzuela the universal heir, but she specified some bequests. There was opposition to the approval of the...