G.R. No. L-4067, 29 November 1951, 90 Phil 489 FACTS: Antero Mercado left a will dated January 3, 1943. The will appears to have been signed by Atty. Florentino Javier as he wrote the name of Antero Mercado and his name for the testatior on the will. HOWEVER, immediately after Antero Mercado’s will, Mercado himself [...]

G.R. No. L-10751, 23 June 1958 FACTS: The CFI denied probate of the will of Gabina Raquel. It must be noted that Gabina Raquel was suffering from herpes zoster that afflicted the right arm and shoulder of the testatrix, which made writing difficult and a painful act. Thus, upon the insistence of the attorney, Gabina [...]

G.R. No. 42258, 5 September 1936, 62 Phil 848 FACTS: Victorio Payad filed a petition for the probate of the will of the decedent Leoncia Tolentino. This was opposed by Aquilina Tolentino, averring that said Will was made only after the death of the testatrix. The lower court denied the probate of the will on [...]

G.R. No. 174489, 11 April 2012, 669 SCRA 249 FACTS: Paciencia was a 78 year old spinster when she made her last will and testament in the Pampango dialect on Sept. 13, 1981. The will, executed in the house of retired Judge Limpin, was read to Paciencia twice. Thereafter, Paciencia expressed in the presence of [...]

G.R. No. 147145, 31 January 2005, 450 SCRA 265 FACTS: This is a case of the probate of the will of Alipio Abada. Thereafter, the probate of the will of Paula Toray was also filed with the court. The oppositors in the will of Abada nand Toray are their nephews and nieces. The ground for [...]

G.R. No. 68843-44, 2 September 1991, 201 SCRA 178 FACTS: Raul Balantakbo inherited 1/3 interest pro-indiviso of a lot in Liliw from his father, and 1/7 interest pro-indiviso in 10 parcels of land from his maternal grandmother. Raul then died intestate, leaving his mother Consuelo Joaquin Vda. De Balantakbo as his sole surviving heir. Consuelo [...]

G.R. No. L-10701, 16 January 1959, 105:1 FACTS: Land Registration Case No. 12: CFI of Sorsogon decreed the registration of Lots Nos. 1798 and 1799 of the Juban (Sorsogon) Cadastre under the following conditions: xx that the two parcels of land described in plan SWO-24152, known as Lots Nos. 1798 and 1799 of the Cadastral [...]

G.R. No. L-12957, 24 March 1961, 1 SCRA 750 FACTS: Lot 3368 originally belonged to Saturnino Yaeso. With his first wife, Teresa Ruales, he had four children named Agaton, Fernando, Paulina and Cipriana, while with his second wife, Andrea Gutang, he had an only son named Francisco. OCT No. 10275 covering Lot 3368, his inheritance, [...]

G.R. No. 6878, 13 September 1913, 25:295 FACTS: Marcelina Edroso was married to Victoriano Sablan until his death on September 22, 1882. In this marriage they had a son named Pedro who at his father’s death inherited the two said parcels. Pedro also died on July 15, 1902, unmarried and without issue and by this [...]

G.R. No. L-34395, 19 May 1981, 104 SCRA 479 FACTS: Benito Legarda y De la Paz, the son of Benito Legarda y Tuason, died [Manila] on June 17, 1933. He was survived by his widow, Filomena Races, and their seven children: four daughters and three sons. The real properties left by Benito Legarda y Tuason [...]