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Watt vs. Rp

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADMISSION TO PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP. ROY B. WATT, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant./IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION, LIM CHING BIO alias OSCAR LIM, petitioner-aPeoplee

G.R. No. L-20718/G.R. No. L-25693/G.R. No. L-26952 | 1972-08-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J:

This is a joint decision in the above-entitled cases, owing to the main points in common therein, although they were heard and decided, in the first instance, separately and in-dependently of one another.

L-20718 Roy Watt v. Republic

Decision having been rendered, on June 28, 1960, granting Roy Watt's application to be naturalized as citizen of the Philippines, he filed, on July 5, 1962, a motion praying that he be allowed to take his oath of allegiance after the hearing and reception of the evidence required therefor. The motion having been granted despite the opposition thereto of the Government, the...