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Luis Tan Vs. Republic Of The Phil. 094 Phil 176

In the matter of the petition for Philippine citizenship LUIS TAN alias UY GUAT, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-5593 | 1953-12-29

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court o First Instance of Occidental Negros, granting appellee's petition for naturalization. It appears that the petitioner is a Chinese citizen, born in China in 1916. He came to the Philippines in 1932 and resided in the city of Bacolod, Occidental Negros, where he engaged in business as a haberdasher. Starting with a capital of P500, his business was, at the time of the trial, worth about P15,000. In 1943 he married a native woman, Natividad Valencia, and with her he now has six children. These he proposes to educate in the public schools when they attain school...