MANINANG vs. COURT OF APPEALS
RAFAEL E. MANINANG and SOLEDAD L. MANINANG vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. RICARDO L. PRONOVE, JR., and BERNARDO S. ASENETA G.R. No. L-57848 June 19, 1982 MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.: Facts: On May 21, 1977, Clemencia Aseneta, single, died at the Manila Sanitarium Hospital at age 81. She left a holographic will, the pertinent portions of which are quoted hereunder: “It is my will that all my real properties located in Manila, Makati, Quezon City, Albay and Legaspi City and all my personal properties shagllbe inherited upon my death by Dra. Soledad L. Maninang with whose family I have lived continuously for around the last 30 years now. Dra. Maninang and her husband Pamping have been kind to me. ... I have found peace and happiness with them even during the time when my sisters were still alive and especially now when I am now being troubled by my nephew Bernardo and niece Salvacion. I am not incompetent as Nonoy would like me to appear. I know what is right and wrong. I can decide fo...