Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence


Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 1914 > December 1914 Decisions > G.R. No. 8942 December 19, 1914 - TEOFILO R. TORRALBA, ET AL. v. TOMAS DEJAN, ET AL.

028 Phil 654:




PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 8942. December 19, 1914. ]

TEOFILO R. TORRALBA, ROBERTO VILLELA and JOSEFA BILLONES, Petitioners-Appellants, v. TOMAS DEJAN, AMBROSIA DEJAN, MAGDALENA DEJAN and MARTINIANO SILARIA, objectors-appellees.

Juan Singson, for Appellants.

Vicente Urgello, for Appellees.

SYLLABUS


1. WILLS, PROBATE OF; WRITTEN FINDING OF FACTS. — Held: That in proceedings for the legalization or probation of a will, the court, in deciding such cases, involving questions of fact, must make a written finding of facts upon which he based his conclusions.


D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J. :


This was a proceeding for the legalization of the will of Hilaria Dejan. The petition for legalization was presented on the 29th of October 1912. The legalization was opposed by the defendants and appellees.

After hearing the respective parties, the lower court found that said pretended will was not authentic and denied the petition for the legalization of the same. From that decision the petitioners appealed to this court and made several assignments of error. The first assignment of error is that the lower court committed an error in not making a finding of facts upon which his conclusions were based, in accordance with section 133, and others, of the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions.

We have held in numerous cases that the lower court, in deciding cases involving the determination of issues of fact, must make a written finding of facts upon which he based his conclusions. (Braga v. Millora, 3 Phil. Rep., 458; Enriquez v. Enriquez, 3 Phil. Rep., 746; Early v. Sy-Giang, 4 Phil. Rep., 727; City of Manila v. Insular Government, 9 Phil. Rep., 71; Gavieres v. Admr. of Peha, 13 Phil. Rep., 449; Aringo v. Arena, 14 Phil. Rep., 263; Alindogan v. Insular Government, 15 Phil. Rep., 168; Montelibano v. Director of Lands, 21 Phil. Rep., 449; Galves v. Causing Et. Al., R. G. No. 9262, not reported.)

For the reason that the lower court failed to comply with section 133 of Act No. 190, in making a finding of facts upon which he based his conclusions, it is hereby ordered and decreed that the record be remanded to the lower court, with direction that the judge thereof make a finding of facts based upon the proof already presented, and return such finding to this court, together with the record, within a period of thirty days from the receipt of this order. And without any finding as to costs, it is so ordered.

Arellano, C.J., Torres, Carson, Moreland and Araullo, JJ., concur.

Trent, J., dissents.




Back to Home | Back to Main




















chanrobles.com





ChanRobles On-Line Bar Review

ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : www.chanroblesbar.com

ChanRobles MCLE On-line

ChanRobles Lawnet Inc. - ChanRobles MCLE On-line : www.chanroblesmcleonline.com






December-1914 Jurisprudence                 

  • G.R. No. 7945 December 1, 1914 - CANDIDO PASCUAL v. EUGENIO DEL SAZ OROZCO, ET AL.

    028 Phil 521

  • G.R. No. 9259 December 1, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. JOSE PATOTO

    028 Phil 535

  • G.R. No. 8894 December 2, 1914 - MARIANO PERFECTO v. FULGENCIO CONTRERAS, ET AL.

    028 Phil 538

  • G.R. No. 8976 December 2, 1914 - GUTIERREZ HERMANOS v. NARCISO ALEGRE, ET AL.

    028 Phil 548

  • G.R. No. 10149 December 2, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. JUAN AGUAS, ET AL.

    028 Phil 552

  • G.R. No. 9003 December 3, 1914 - LUIS RIVAYA v. FELIX SAMSON RAFAEL VILLANUEVA, ET AL.

    028 Phil 556

  • G.R. No. 9700 December 3, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. BENITO MANABAT, ET AL.

    028 Phil 560

  • G.R. No. 9951 December 3, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. A. A. ADDISON

    028 Phil 566

  • G.R. No. 9188 December 4, 1914 - GUTIERREZ HERMANOS v. ENGRACIO ORENSE

    028 Phil 571

  • G.R. No. 9287 December 4, 1914 - LEON JUDA v. E. O. CLAYTON, ET AL.

    028 Phil 579

  • G.R. No. 9417 December 4, 1914 - PEDRO MARTINEZ v. ANTONINO RAMOS, ET AL.

    028 Phil 589

  • G.R. No. 9853 December 4, 1914 - CHUA YENG v. INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS

    028 Phil 591

  • G.R. No. 9504 December 5, 1914 - JUAN POIZAT v. GEORGE MORGAN, ET AL.

    028 Phil 597

  • G.R. No. 9726 December 8, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. CARSON TAYLOR

    028 Phil 599

  • G.R. No. 9876 December 8, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. ADRIANO PANLILIO

    028 Phil 608

  • G.R. No. 9408 December 10, 1914 - DEMETRIA CACHO v. GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

    028 Phil 616

  • G.R. No. 9019 December 11, 1914 - UNITED STATED v. PABLO PIZARRO

    027 Phil 638

  • G.R. No. 8797 December 14, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. FELIX RUBIN

    028 Phil 631

  • G.R. No. 9372 December 15, 1914 - JULIA TUASON v. FAUSTO RAYMUNDO

    028 Phil 635

  • G.R. No. 9677 December 15, 1914 - SANTOS CARTAGENO v. ISAIAS LIJAUCO, ET AL.

    028 Phil 638

  • G.R. No. 8844 December 16, 1914 - FERNANDO MAULINI, ET AL. v. ANTONIO G. SERRANO

    028 Phil 640

  • G.R. No. 8415 December 18, 1914 - GEORGE C. SELLNER v. JOSE GONZALEZ

    027 Phil 640

  • G.R. No. 8942 December 19, 1914 - TEOFILO R. TORRALBA, ET AL. v. TOMAS DEJAN, ET AL.

    028 Phil 654

  • G.R. No. 9991 December 19, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. ROMAN MAGHIRANG, ET AL.

    028 Phil 655

  • G.R. No. 10083 December 19, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. SERGIO VILLACRUCES

    028 Phil 661

  • G.R. No. 9049 December 20, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. BEN RICE

    027 Phil 641

  • G.R. No. 8933 December 22, 1914 - NICOLAS GATDULA v. SIMPLICIO SANTOS, ET AL

    029 Phil 1

  • G.R. No. 9308 December 23, 1914 - JUAN BERNARDO v. M. B. LEGASPI

    029 Phil 12

  • G.R. No. 10037 December 23, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. MAXIM0 MALLARI

    029 Phil 14

  • G.R. No. 8320 December 24, 1914 - EPITACIO AGUSTIN v. PEDRO MONTANO

    027 Phil 643

  • G.R. No. 8947 December 24, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. DY LUCHIAT

    027 Phil 646

  • G.R. No. 7747 December 24, 1914 - SEVERO GOROSPE, ET AL v. ANTONIO ILAYAT

    029 Phil 21

  • G.R. No. 7847 December 24, 1914 - BUENAVENTURA DANCEL v. MAMERTO DANCEL, ET AL.

    029 Phil25cralaw:red

  • G.R. No. 8539 December 24, 1914 - MARIA DEL CONSUELO FELISA ROXAS Y CHUIDIAN v. RAFAEL ENRIQUEZ, ET AL

    029 Phil 31

  • G.R. No. 9225 December 24, 1914 - JULIANA SOLANO, ET AL. v. VICENTA SALVILLA, ET AL.

    029 Phil 66

  • G.R. No. 9337 December 24, 1914 - PRUDENCIO DE JESUS v. CITY OF MANILA

    029 Phil 73

  • G.R. No. 9369 December 24, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. ALEJANDRO ALBAO

    029 Phil 86

  • G.R. No. 9405 December 24, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. ADEL HERNANDEZ, ET AL.

    029 Phil 109

  • G.R. No. 9582 December 24, 1914 - IRENE CALAMPIANO v. EULALIO TOLENTINO

    029 Phil 116

  • G.R. No. 9878 December 24, 1914 - UNITED STATES v. FRANK TUPASI MOLINA

    029 Phil 119

  • G.R. No. 9058 December 29, 1914 - JULIO ALAGAR v. FRANCISCO PIO DE RODA

    029 Phil 129