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Sy Kiap Vs. Republic Of The Phil. 091 Phil 784

SY KIAP, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4404 | 1952-08-21

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from a decree granting citizenship by naturalization to Sy Kiap alias Sy Kau Kiap.

The applicant was born on 18 January 1895 in Chinkang, Amoy, China, and arrived in this country on board the SS "Taysang" in 1909. He is married to Go Seng who bore him eight children, all born in Chinkang, Amoy, China. In 1948 his wife and two children named Sy Nui and Sy Gui Chuan arrived in this country. In the same year he enrolled Sy Nui in the Samantabhadra Elementary School and in 1949 Sy Gui Chuan in the Anglo-Chinese School, but his other children four of age and two under age are in China and have...