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In Re: Frank Yu Tiu vs. Republic Of The Phil.121 Phil. 1377

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP; FRANK YU TIU, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-19844 | 1965-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

Frank Yu Tiu seeks to be a Filipino citizen in a petition filed before the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental. The petition is supported by the affidavits of Eugenia Laguna, a public school teacher, and Pastor C. Sumagang, a resident of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental. 

After hearing, the court a quo granted the petition ordering that petitioner be accorded Philippine citizenship after he had complied with the requirements of the Paredes Law. From this decision the Government has appealed.

Petitioner was born in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental on December 16, 1929. He finished first year...