SERAPIA DE GALA, petitioner-appellant , vs. APOLINARIO
GONZALES and SINFOROSO ONA, opponents-appellants.
Sumulong, Lavides & Hilado for petitioner-appellant.
Godofredo, Reyes for opponent-appellant Gonzales. Ramon Diokno for opponent-appellant Ona.
SYLLABUS
1. PROBATE PROCEEDINGS; SPECIAL ADMINISTRATORS; REMOVAL.
— The appointment of a special administrator in a probate case lies in the sound discretion of the court, and he may be removed without reference to section 653 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 2. WILLS; TESTATOR'S SIGNATURE; THUMB-MARKS. — In executing her last will and testament, the testatrix placed her thumb-mark between her given name and surname, written by another person. It was not mentioned in the attestation clause that the testatrix signed by thumb-mark, but the form of the signature was sufficiently described and explained in the last clause of the body of the will. Held, that the signature was valid.
DECISION
OSTRAND, J : p
On November 23, 1920, Severina Gonzales executed a will in which