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Estate of Ramirez vs. Vda. De Ramirez 111 SCRA 704

TESTATE ESTATE OF JOSE EUGENIO RAMIREZ, MARIA LUISA PALACIOS, Administratrix, petitioner-appellee, vs. MARCELLE D. VDA. DE RAMIREZ, ET AL., oppositors, JORGE and ROBERTO RAMIREZ, Legatees, oppositors-appellants.

G.R. No. L-27952 | 1982-02-15

D E C I S I O N 
 
ABAD SANTOS, J.: 
 
The main issue in this appeal is the manner of partitioning the testate estate of Jose Eugenio Ramirez among the principal beneficiaries, namely: his widow Marcelle Demoron de Ramirez; his two grandnephews Roberto and Jorge Ramirez; and his companion Wanda de Wrobleski. 
 
The task is not trouble-free because the widow Marcelle is a French who lives in Paris, while the companion Wanda is an Austrian who lives in Spain. Moreover, the testator provided for substitutions. 
 
Jose Eugenio Ramirez, a Filipino national, died in Spain on December 11, 1964, with only his widow...