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Republic Of The Phil., Et Al. vs. Manolo L. Maddela, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, petitioners, vs. HON. MANOLO L. MADDELA, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Branch II, and MIGUELA TAN SUAT, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21664 | 1969-03-28

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

These are actually two (2) separate petitions for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction but are decided jointly because the issues presented proceed from the same factual background. 

The pertinent facts are not disputed. On April 29, 1963 the Court of First Instance of Quezon (Branch II), Hon. Manolo L. Maddela presiding, rendered a decision in its Special Proceeding No. 4012, which is hereunder quoted in its entirety: 

"This is a petition to have the petitioner Miguela Tan Suat a Chinese National, to be declared a Filipino citizen. The Solicitor General has been...