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Fruto Feliciano, et al vs Escolastico Fernandez, et al

FRUTO FELICIANO ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. ESCOLASTICO FERNANDEZ ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 482 | 1902-03-21

D E C I S I O N


COOPER, J.:

The defendants allege in their complaint that after having solicited the probate of the intestate estate of Doña Fernanda Trinidad, Don Escolastico Fernandez appeared in the proceeding as the surviving spouse and asked the dismissal of the proceedings, filing as grounds therefor a certified copy of a will dated August 30, 1899, and executed by the deceased Doña Fernanda Trinidad before the notary public of Pasig, Don Matias Salamante y Villanueva, and constituted her husband, Don Escolastico Fernandez, her sole and universal heir.

During the pendency of the litigation the defendant died, and...