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Trinidad vs. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila-

NICOLAS TRINIDAD, ATILANO TRINIDAD, and THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF ALEJANDRO TRINIDAD, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 33769 | 1931-03-11

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J:

About a century ago, there lived in Manila two sisters and a brother by the names of Marcelina Bonifacio Alonso, Valentina Teodoro, and Basilio de la Trinidad. Marcelina Bonifacio Alonso was the first to pass on. Valentina Teodoro died on April 22, 1838, leaving as her sole heir her brother Basilio de la Trinidad. Two days before her death, Valentina Teodoro executed a will the pertinent clauses of which read as follows:

"Fourth item. Having in my possession some properties belonging to my sister Dona Marcelina Bonifacio, situated in the market place or public square of this town, I leave the same at the...