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IN THE
MATTER OF THE PETITION
WILLIAM
CHAN,
G. R. No. L-41599
October 19, 1976
-vesus-
REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES,
CONCEPCION JR., J.:
On September 9,
1971, the petitioner, William
Chan, filed a petition for naturalization with the Court of First
Instance
of Negros Occidental, Branch II, Bacolod City, docketed therein as Nat.
Case No. 10005.[1]
On September 30,
1974, the Court a quo
rendered a decision admitting him to Philippine citizenship.[2]
On April 22, 1975, the oppositor Republic of the Philippines thru the Solicitor General appealed to this Court.[3] Subsequently, on September 29, 1976, the Acting Solicitor General filed with this Court a "MANIFESTATION WITHDRAWING APPEAL AND MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE"[4] alleging among others that "petitioner-appellee was duly naturalized as a citizen of the Philippines under Presidential Decree No. 923, pursuant to which he was issued Naturalization Certificate No. 004750 dated May 19, 1976", and accordingly prays that the case be dismissed for having become moot and academic. WHEREFORE, this case is dismissed for being moot and academic.[5] No costs. Fernando, Barredo, Antonio, and Aquino, JJ., concur.
[2] pp. 9, 24, Record on Appeal. [3] p. 44, Record on Appeal. [4] pp. 55, 57, Rollo. [5] Yu Hio Soo v. Republic, L-26323, May 31, 1976; Go vs. Republic, L-39326, June 3, 1976; Chan Yen vs. Republic, L-34100, June 30, 1976. |
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