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Chiong Joc-Soy Vs. Jaime Va?o

CHIONG JOC-SOY, petitioner-appellant, vs. JAIME VA?O, ET AL., respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-3459 | 1907-03-22

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

Genoveva Rosales, a resident of Cebu, made her will on the 26th day of October, 1903. The third clause is in part as follows:

"3. Of the third part of the estate, which is at my free disposal, I bequeath to the Chinaman Chiong Joc-Soy, the sum of 50,000 pesos, Mexican currency, of which amount 20,000 pesos are for the aforesaid Chiong Joc-Soy, and the balance of 30,000 pesos for the expenses of interment etc. of my late husband Don Nicasio Veloso, . . ."

The rest of her property, which amounted in all to upward of 800,000 pesos, she left to her children. After her death the will was presented for probate...