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In re: Tiu To Kia vs. Repuclic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF TIU TO KIAT TO BE ADMITTED A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES. TIU TO KIAT, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28169 | 1974-03-25

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

In the light of the adjudicated cases, hereinafter to be mentioned, it would appear that the Republic had no choice except to file the appeal from a lower court order denying a petition for the cancellation of the certificate of naturalization of petitioner, now appellee Tiu To Kiat. The lower court failed to accede to the plea of the Republic notwithstanding that such petition carefully pointed out the grave jurisdictional defects that vitiated the application, which unaccountably was granted, foremost among which were the failure to state therein his present as well as the former places of residence and the...