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De Jesus Dy vs. Rp

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF FELIPE DE JESUS DY TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. FELIPE DE JESUS DY, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21958 | 1970-09-28

D E C I S I O N 


MAKASIAR, J: 

The Republic of the Philippines, thru the Solicitor General, appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Oriental granting the petition for naturalization of Felipe de Jesus Dy. 

On April 30, 1962, petitioner Felipe de Jesus Dy filed his petition for naturalization together with the requisite affidavits of his witnesses Ireneo G. Tubio and Maximo R. Enardecido in the Court of First Instance of Negros Oriental (Exhs. A, A-1, A-2, A-3 and B). 

Only the notice of the opinion for Philippine citizenship, not the petition itself, was posted on the Bulletin Board of the Court...