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In Re: Yap Chin Vs. Republic Of The Phil. 093 Phil 215

In the matter of the petition for Philippine citizenship. YAP CHIN alias JOSE GO TIANSE, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellant.

G.R. No. L-4177 | 1953-05-29

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is an appeal by the Provincial Fiscal of Misamis Occidental from an order of the Court of First Instance of that province granting Yap Chin alias Jose Go Tianse's application for naturalization.

The first ground of appeal is that the petitioner has a son of school age, 14 years old, who is now living in China with appellee's mother and so not studying in any Philippine Government-recognized school.

In Ang Yee Koe Sengkee vs. Republic of the Philippines, * G. R. No. L-3863, December 27, 1951, it was held:

"We have had occasion to rule in several cases of naturalization that the requirement of the...