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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 1941 > October 1941 Decisions > G.R. No. 47616 October 15, 1941 - JOSE TAN CHONG v. SECRETARY OF LABOR

073 Phil 307:




PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 47616. October 15, 1941.]

JOSE TAN CHONG, Petitioner-Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF LABOR, Respondent-Appellant.

Raquiza & Hernando, for Petitioner.

First Assistant Solicitor-General B. L. Reyes and Solicitor Lacson, for Respondent.

SYLLABUS


1. CITIZENSHIP; NATURALIZATION; "ANIMUS REVERTENDI" ; CASE AT BAR. — The petitioner, having been born in the Philippines before the approval of our Constitution, of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, is a Filipino citizen. This conclusion is in harmony with the policy embodied in the Constitution. His sojourn in China did not adversely affect his Philippine citizenship, it appearing that ever since he was twelve years old he wanted to return to the Philippines but his father would not allow him to come, and he did not have the means to pay for his transportation back to the Philippines until the date of his return. Animus revertendi existed here.


D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J.:


This is an appeal taken by the Solicitor-General from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila granting the petition of Jose Tan Chong Hong for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from the custody of the Secretary of Labor.

It appears that the petitioner was born in San Pablo, Laguna, in the month of July, 1915, of a Chinese father named Tan Chong Hong and a Filipino mother named Antonia Mangahis; that his parents were legally married; that sometime in 1925 when the petitioner was about ten years old he was taken by his parents to China; that on January 25, 1940, he arrived at the port of Manila and sought entry as a native born citizen. The Board of Special Inquiry assigned to hear his case, denied him admission on the alleged ground that he is a Chinese citizen, and on appeal, the Secretary of Labor affirmed the decision of the Board and ordered the deportation of the petitioner to the port from whence he came. The petitioner sued for a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of First Instance of Manila which was granted. Hence, the present appeal by the Solicitor-General.

The petitioner, having been born in the Philippines before the approval of our Constitution, of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, is a Filipino citizen. This conclusion is in harmony with the policy embodied in the Constitution (par. 4 sec. 1, Art. IV; Torres v. Tan Chim, G. R. No. 46593, promulgated Feb. 3, 1940; Gallofin v. Ordoñez, G. R. No. 46782, promulgated June 27, 1940). His sojourn in China did not adversely affect his Philippine citizenship, it appearing that ever since he was twelve years old he wanted to return to the Philippines but his father would not allow him to come, and he did not have the means to pay for his transportation back to the Philippines until the date of his return. Animus revertendi existed here. (Lim Teco v. Collector of Customs, 23 Phil., 84; Muñoz v. Collector of Customs, 20 Phil., 494; Lorenzo v. McCoy, 15 Phil., 559.) .

The judgment of the lower court is accordingly affirmed, without pronouncement regarding costs. So ordered.

Avanceña, C.J., Abad Santos and Diaz, JJ., concur.

Moran and Horrilleno, JJ., dissented on the grounds expressed in Torres v. Tan Chim.




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