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Cuyugan vs. Baron, et al

In re Will of the deceased Silvestra Baron. VIVENCIO CUYUGAN, petitioner-appellant, vs. FAUSTINA BARON and GUILLERMO BARON, oppositors-appellees.

G.R. No. 41947 | 1936-01-16

D E C I S I O N


BUTTE, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga denying the petition of Vivencio Cuyugan for the probate of the will of Silvestra Baron.

The petition which was filed on February 1, 1933, recites among other things that Silvestra Baron died on January 30, 1933. The death certificate recites that she was eighty-six years of age and died of heart failure. The petition further recites that she left an estate exceeding in value the sum of P80,000 which she disposed of by will dated December 17, 1932; that she died single without forced heirs.

The will appointed Vivencio Cuyugan, her...