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Concepcion Vda. De Villacorte Vs. Macaria E. Mariano 089 Phil 342

CONCEPCION VDA. DE VILLACORTE, ET AL., plaintiffs, vs. MACARIA E. MARIANO, cross-plaintiff and appellant, ENRIQUETA CALIMON, ET AL., cross-defendants and appellees.

G.R. No. L-2504 | 1951-06-29

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

During his lifetime Leon Calimon married thrice. His first marriage with Adriana Carpio in 1875 gave him four daughters named Canuta, Tranquilina, Maria and Enriqueta. A widower in 1898, the next year he married Venancia Inducil, who lived only ten months thereafter, leaving him no child. She had, however, a son by previous marriage: Tiburcio Villacorte. In July 1902 Leon Calimon took a third wife, Macaria E. Mariano. She bore him no offspring; but survived him when he passed away in February 1941.

The complaint in this case, filed in September 1941, by the widow and daughter of Tiburcio Villacorte sought...