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In Re: Edward E. Christensen Vs. Maria Helen Christensen Garcia

In the matter of the Testate Estate of the deceased Edward E. Christensen, ADOLFO CRUZ AZNAR, petitioner. MARIA LUCY CHRISTENSEN DANEY and ADOLFO CRUZ AZNAR, petitioners-appellants, vs. MARIA HELEN CHRISTENSEN GARCIA and BERNARDA CAMPOREDONDO, oppositor-appellees.

G.R. No. L-11483 | 1958-02-14

D E C I S I O N


FELIX, J.:

From the records of the above-entitled cases, it appears that as of 1913, Edward E. Christensen, an American citizen, was already residing in Davao and on the following year became the manager of the Mindanao Estates located in the municipality of Padada of the same province. At a certain time, which the lower court placed at 1917, a group of laborers recruited from Argao, Cebu, arrived to work in the said plantation. Among the group was a young girl, Bernarda Camporedondo, who became an assistant to the cook. Thereafter, this girl and Edward E. Christensen, who was also unmarried started living together as...