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Kalaw vs. Relova

ROSA K. KALAW, petitioner, vs. HON. JUDGE BENJAMIN RELOVA, Presiding Judge of the CFI of Batangas, Branch VI, Lipa City, and GREGORIO K. KALAW, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40207 | 1984-09-28

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:
 
On September 1, 1971, private respondent GREGORIO K. KALAW, claiming to be the sole heir of his deceased sister, Natividad K. Kalaw, filed a petition before the Court of First Instance of Batangas, Branch VI, Lipa City, for the probate of her holographic Will executed on December 24, 1968.
 
The holographic Will reads in full as follows:
 
My Last will and Testament
 
In the name of God, Amen.
 
I Natividad K. Kalaw Filipino 63years of age, single, and a resident of Lipa City, being of sound and disposing...