Showing posts with label BELLIS vs BELLIS 20 SCRA 358 G.R. No. L-23678. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BELLIS vs BELLIS 20 SCRA 358 G.R. No. L-23678. Show all posts

BELLIS vs BELLIS 20 SCRA 358 G.R. No. L-23678, June 6, 1967


FACTS:

Amos Bellis, a US citizen, died a resident of Texas. He left two wills -- one devising a certain amount of money to his first wife and three illegitimate children and another, leaving the rest of his estate to his seven legitimate children. Before partition, the illegitimate children who are Filipinos opposed on the ground that they are deprived of their legitimes.

ISSUE:
Whether the applicable law is Texas law or Philippine laws

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