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Joaquin Ibanez De Aldecoa Y Palet Et Al. Vs. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Et Al031 Phil 339

JOAQUIN IBANEZ DE ALDECOA Y PALET ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 6889 | 1915-08-26

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

A motion for rehearing has been made in this case. It is urged that our decision 1 overlooks the fact that the plaintiff children are citizens of this country and, hence, governed by the laws thereof. Without determining the political status of the plaintiffs, we have at some length endeavored to show that, clothing them with Philippine citizenship, the present law of guardianship, as contained in our Code of Civil Procedure, does not apply to them by reason of the saving provisions of section 581. The concurring opinion assumes their Spanish citizenship and, hence, their amenability to the laws of Spain. We might...