 testator Eleuterio Pilapil is the parish priest of Mualboal, Cebu. He died 6 December 1935.

 No will was presented for probate at the time of his death.

 In Feb 1939, his brother CALIXTO PILAPIL petitioned for intestate proceedings and asked
to be named administrator
 a few days later, 4 MAR 1939, a petition for probate of will was filed by oppositor/appellant
MENDOZA
 In this will, MENDOZA was made executor of the estate
 Will attested to by Wenceslao, Marcelo, and Eugenio Pilapil, dated 27 November 1935
 the document has 3 pages, which is signed on the left margin of the first two, the
attestation clause signed at the end by testator, and 3 witnesses
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