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SECOND DIVISION.
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Records, p. 20.
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makoha mana.
Nila[g]daan ko ngayon ika 20 ng
Setyembre 1995 sa longsod ng
3
Manila sa harap ng tatlong saksi.
(signed)
Segundo Seangio
Dy Yieng Seangio
(signed)
Unang Saksi
Ikalawang saksi
(signed)
Ikatlong saksi
Id., at p. 17.
Id., at p. 63.
Id., at p. 65.
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Id., at p. 82.
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Id., at p. 96.
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II
EVEN ASSUMING ARGUENDO THAT THE RESPONDENT
JUDGE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RULE UPON THE
INTRINSIC VALIDITY OF THE WILL OF THE TESTATOR, IT
IS INDUBITABLE FROM THE FACE OF THE TESTATORS
WILL THAT NO PRETERITION EXISTS AND THAT THE WILL
IS BOTH INTRINSICALLY AND EXTRINSICALLY VALID
AND,
III
RESPONDENT JUDGE WAS DUTY BOUND TO SUSPEND
THE
PROCEEDINGS
IN
THE
INTESTATE
CASE
CONSIDERING THAT IT IS A SETTLED RULE THAT
TESTATE PROCEEDINGS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER
INTESTATE PROCEEDINGS.
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(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Emphasis supplied.
Article 783 of the Civil Code states: A will is an act whereby a person
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firmative
disposition
of
the
latters
property,
the
Id., at p. 38.
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one, some, or all of the compulsory heirs in the direct line, whether living
at the time of the execution of the will or born after the death of the
testator, shall annul the institution of heir but the devisees and legacies
shall be valid insofar as they are not inofficious.
If the omitted compulsory heirs should die before the testator, the
institution shall be effectual, without prejudice to the right of
representation.
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Article 841 of the Civil Code states: A will is valid even though it
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SCRA 478.
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360.
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