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Fernando Periquet, Jr. Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, Et Al.

DR. FERNANDO PERIQUET, JR., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE FOURTH CIVIL CASES DIVISION OF THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and the HEIRS OF THE LATE FELIX R. FRANCISCO, respondents.

G.R. No. 69996 | 1994-12-05

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Spouses Fernando Periquet and Petra Francisco were left childless after the death of their only child, Elvira, 1 so they took in a son out of wedlock 2 of Marta Francisco-Reyes, sister of Petra. Though he was not legally adopted, the boy was given the name Fernando Periquet, Jr. and was reared to manhood by the spouses Periquet. He is the petitioner in the instant case.

On march 20, 1966, Fernando Periquet died. He left a will dated March 28, 1940 wherein he named his wife Petra as his universal heir. Accordingly, Petra instituted Special Proceedings No. Q-10004 entitled "In the matter of the Petition to...