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Adolfo Aznar,executor-appellee
v.
Maria Lucy Christensen Duncan et al.
MAKALINTAL, J.:
Facts of the Case:
Edward Christensen, whose estate is the subject of the present case, is
a Californian citizen domiciled in the Philippines, died leaving a will. The
will was admitted for probate by the Davao CFI where it has also declared
that Maria Helen Christensen Garcia was a natural child of the deceased. As
to the partition of the deceaseds estate, the Court of Appeals, upon appeal of
Helen, ruled that the validity of the provisions of the will should be
governed by the Philippine law, and returned the case to the lower court with
instructions that the partition be made as provided by the said law.