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IN THE MATTER OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. CHRISTENSEN, DECEASED. ADOLFO C. AZNAR, Executor and LUCY CHRISTENSEN, Heir of the deceased, Executor and Heir-appellees, vs.HELEN CHRISTENSEN GARCIA, oppositor-appellant..pdf
IN THE MATTER OF THE TESTATE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. CHRISTENSEN, DECEASED. ADOLFO C. AZNAR, Executor and LUCY CHRISTENSEN, Heir of the deceased, Executor and Heir-appellees, vs.HELEN CHRISTENSEN GARCIA, oppositor-appellant..pdf
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LABRADOR, J.:
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It is in accordance with the abovequoted
provisions that the executor in his final account
and project of partition ratified the payment of
only P3,600 to Helen Christensen Garcia and
proposed that the residue of the estate be
transferred to his daughter, Maria Lucy
Christensen.
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I
THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN IGNORING
THE DECISION OF THE HONORABLE SUPREME
COURT THAT HELEN IS THE ACKNOWLEDGED
NATURAL CHILD OF EDWARD E.
CHRISTENSEN AND, CONSEQUENTLY, IN
DEPRIVING HER OF HER JUST SHARE IN THE
INHERITANCE.
II
THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN ENTIRELY
IGNORING AND/OR FAILING TO RECOGNIZE
THE EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL FACTORS,
ELEMENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CALLING
FOR THE APPLICATION OF INTERNAL LAW.
III
THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO
RECOGNIZE THAT UNDER INTERNATIONAL
LAW, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE RENVOI
DOCTRINE, THE INTRINSIC VALIDITY OF THE
TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION OF THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE OF THE
DECEASED EDWARD E. CHRISTENSEN
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There is no question that Edward E.
Christensen was a citizen of the United States
and of the State of California at the time of his
death. But there is also no question that at the
time of his death he was domiciled in the
Philippines, as witness the following facts
admitted by the executor himself in appellee’s
brief:
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In arriving at the conclusion that the
domicile of the deceased is the Philippines, we
are persuaded by the fact that he was born in
New York, migrated to California and resided
there for nine years, and since he came to the
Philippines in 1913 he returned to California
very rarely and only for short visits (perhaps to
relatives), and considering that he appears
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