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Castillo vs. Bustamante

In re Guardianship of the minor Maria Exaltacion Castillo. COSME U. CASTILLO, petitioner-appellant, vs. POTENCIANO BUSTAMANTE, guardian-appellee.

G.R. No. 44466 | 1937-09-30

D E C I S I O N


AVANCEá'A, C. J:

Cosme U. Castillo and Serapia de Gala were married in the year 1889 and had several children of whom Maria Exaltacion Castillo, who was born 1915, is the only survivor. On May 29, 1933, Serapia de Gala instituted a civil action against her husband Cosme U. Castillo, praying for the legal separation of both, as spouses, and for the division of the property acquired by them during their marriage. They compromised said suit on October 18, 1933, and agreed that each spouse should possess and dispose for his or her exclusive benefit of his or her respective paraphernal or private property together with the...