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Chuang vs. Rp.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF HENRY SY CHUANG, TO BE ADMITTED AS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES HENRY SY CHUANG, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29194 | 1971-08-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

The objection by the Republic of the Philippines, oppositor, now appellant, to the grant of citizenship to petitioner, now appellee, Henry Sy Chuang, was premised primarily on his failure to file a declaration of intention, which in his opinion was unnecessary because of his birth in this country, ignoring the fact that his primary and secondary education, as it turned out, was obtained in Chinese schools, the recognition of which was testified to solely by himself and not by official certification to such effect. Such deficiencies notwithstanding, the lower court, satisfied that his petition should prosper,...