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In re: Testate Estate of the deceased Suntay vs. Intestate Estate of the deceased Suntay [DISSENTING OPINION, PARAS, C.J.]

G.R. Nos. L-3087 and L-3088 In re: Testate Estate of the deceased JOSE B. SUNTAY. SILVINO SUNTAY, petitioner-appellant. vs. In re: Intestate Estate of the deceased JOSE B. SUNTAY, FEDERICO C. SUNTAY, administrator-appellee.

G.R. Nos. L-3087 and L-3088 | 1954-07-31

 
DISSENTING:

PARAS, C. J.:

As a preliminary statement we may well refer to the case of Maria Natividad Lim Billian, petitioner and appellant, vs.Apolonio Suntay, Angel Suntay, Manuel Suntay, and Jose Suntay, oppositors and appellees, 63 Phil., 793-797, in which the following decision was rendered by this Court on November 25, 1936, holding that the will executed by Jose B. Suntay who died in the City of Amoy, China, on May 14, 1934, was lost under the circumstances pointed out therein, and ordering the return of the case to the Court of First Instance of Bulacan for further proceedings:

"On May 14, 1934, Jose B. Suntay died in the...